Medieval Music C-13th English Dance - Harp

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Played on an EMS Gothic Harp (that we recognise is a modern interpretation and is not a reproduction instrument) by Sarah Deere-Jones this is one of the few surviving English Medieval Dance pieces. Sarah Deere-Jones & Phil Williams play Medieval Music on a wide variety of Instruments as 'Lammas'
and run the Cornwall Harp Centre
www.cornwallharpcentre.co.uk and
medieval details at www.trehawsa.com
lammas@trehawsa.com

For more harp pieces type Deere-Jones into YouTube search!

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Music

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• Medieval
• Harp
• Music
• Sarah
• Deere-Jones
• Lammas

[15milesintsnow]

What's the song called? I recognise the tune but can't think of the name!

[phantombagpiper]

@15milesintsnow Hello, its title is '13th Century English Dance'  simple as that.

[phantombagpiper]

True enough, the harp technique is not 'easy' and you need a qualified teacher, but beginner harp sounds a lot better than beginner, say, violin! Sarah is LRAM LGSM

[opajohann]

So, the piece is titled 'A 13th century dance'? where is it from? found where? do we have any idea of steps?

[phantombagpiper]

@opajohann I took this tune from 'Medieval dance collection' edited by Greg Lewin, the source is GB-Ob Douce 139, f5v early Bodleian music pl.7. It is quite well known in UK. You would have to ask a dance expert about the steps, I suspect the exact steps are unknown but various dance experts have reconstructed medieval dances from illustrations in manuscripts, illuminations and paintings etc

[phantombagpiper]

er, yes, it is!! though the building itself is only 150yrs old.

[bordaz1]

where's my frothing ale?

[thomlaker]

you've done your nut in that costume.

[Zalamedas]

Thank you for bringing us awesome songs from that age.

[ciferencesymphony]

you play like an angel

your music is in my heart, beautiful

we are glad to see you on our HANG & HARP channel:

ciferencesymphony

thanx CIFERENCE-SYMPHONY

[katmandolino]

@15milesintsnow It was very familiar to me too. According to the version I know, it is an 'estampie' dance (YouTube search: Gryphon "Estampie"), but it doesn't have a title.

[holochief]

very beautifl muic thanks :)

[hovinarri123]

@15milesintsnow i know it as the english estompie

[happybattery]

the music is so fresh,beautiful~

[nickshel]

My favourite part of the video is when the random annotation box pops up. Apart from the harp of course.