Early music and E Guide - Resources and Review

Essay on the music of Hildegard von Bingen covering the compass of her works, the musical forms she used, and the basic musical elements of medieval chant. Includes selected discography.
 
Selective bibliography intended for singers interested in medieval and Renaissance music and its philosophy, theory and history.
 
An introduction to the life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, including a bibliography, discography and glossary. She produced major works of theology and visionary writings, wrote treatises about natural history and medicinal uses of plants, animals, trees and stones, and is the first composer whose biography is known.
 
Journal dedicated to early music and its interpretation, covering performance practice, iconography, sources and instruments. Searchable abstracts from 1996 onwards.
 
Index of early and medieval music links, covering plainsong, Gregorian chant and Hildegard of Bingen.
 
Databases containing an inventory of all written musical works (excepting liturgical chant) of the fourteenth century, the composers to whom they have been attributed and all manuscript sources in which they survive.
 
Project aiming to produce a collection of ballads from before 1600, containing sheet music and lyrics, both in their original form, and in a form intelligible to a modern listener.
 
Resources related to early women composers such as Hildegard of Bingen, Comtessa Beatriz de Dia, St Birgitta of Sweden and Christine de Pisan, including a chronology, discography, MIDI sound files and a Celebration of the Feminine Divine in Women's Early Music.
 
Database of Indices of chants in selected manuscripts and early printed sources of the Divine Office.
 
Latin liturgical texts including Gaudeamus, Locus Iste, Magnificat, Os Justi, Requiem, Stabat Mater and the Te Deum.
 
A database of hypertext transcriptions of manuscript copies of 14 Latin theoretical treatises related to musica mensurabilis of the thirteenth century.
 
Project to develop a database of digital scores for music from the middle ages and the early Renaissance period, searchable by keyword, melodic motif, manuscript and folio.
 
Scholarly information on gallery music, the music sung by church and chapel bands in the 1700s and early 1800s, also known as west gallery music, Georgian psalmody and country psalmody. Contains articles, transcriptions and scanned images of material from the gallery music period and original scores and transcriptions that can be printed out.
 
MIDI files of works by a wide range of medieval composers, including Adam de la Halle, and a selection of anonymous pieces.
 
Answers to frequently asked questions about early music (Western music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras). Covers aspects such as Gregorian chant, the twelve modes and chord structure in medieval music.
 
Series of MIDI files presenting Tempus Adest Floridum, Coventry Carol, Dulci Jubilo, Veni, Veni Emanuel, Greensleeves, and The Holly and the Ivy.
 
Information about Musica Scotica, a series of editions of early Scottish music which aim to serve both practical and scholarly needs. Includes details of published and forthcoming editions.
 
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