Dressing Like a Medieval Musician

This week we look at the medieval musician and how the guild militias employed musicians to play music for them on campaign. We also discuss how we built a new impression for our latest re-enactment event using our research of medieval musicians.

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Intro Music -Traubentritt
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

Nice summary page with some basics of medieval music

https://earlymusicmuse.com/medievalmu...



A slightly more in-depth outline of medieval music

http://www.ayton.id.au/gary/History/M...



Medieval music links page

http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/



A short description of the shawm in medieval music

https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/medie...



A book on my wish list; A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music; Early Music America: Performer's Guides to Early Music

Ross W. Duffin (Editor)

preview https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=z...



Pipe and Tabor historical information and links

http://www.pipeandtaborcompendium.co....



A discussion page about the use of music in a military setting through some of recorded history

https://history.stackexchange.com/que...


'For the Honour of the City' Utrecht City Minstrels between 1377 and 1528
Mariëlla Beukers



For a discussion of the urban militias:

https://theharniac.net/castellan/urba...



The Population of Fourteenth Century Ghent, by David M. Nicholas



Video about making hose and braies, similar to the method I used, by Hugo Banneret on YouTube. Please note, this creator made Bocksten style hose, while I made semi-joined hose, which are slightly diffferent.

   • Becoming a Knight Part One: Braies and Hose  



Link to Levin rehearsal playlist

   • Плейлист  



The origin of the Town Waits, and the myth of the watchman-turned-musician, by Richard Rastall

http://www.townwaits.org.uk/essays/wa...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_(m...)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_(i...)


The galoubet:

https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/gro...


BNF Nouvelle acquisition française 5243 Guiron le Courtois, Folio 55r, Milan Italy, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1370-80, Milan, Italy

https://manuscriptminiatures.com/imag...


Manuscript miniatures search page

https://manuscriptminiatures.com/search


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Our channel is intended to discuss the skills needed to reenact, demonstrate and teach. We also discuss the historic context and research behind our findings.

Popula Urbanum is latin for people of the city. We are recreating the burgeoning middle classes in the 14th century.

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