"Maienzeit / Maytime" Medieval Song for cello solo. Georg Mertens Australia

Lied by Neidhardt (1180-1240) and Variations in the medieval scale by Georg Mertens.
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Composed and performed by Georg Mertens Australia, 21st June 2008.

More Youtube videos from the CD "Cello Solos" - Live Recordings from the Concerts in the Cave" on the same channel:
Cathedral Ciaconna (G.Mertens)
Erh Hu improvisation (G.Mertens)
Arabian Improvisation (G. Mertens)
Asturias [Leyenda] (Albeniz)
Verano Porteno (A. Piazzolla)
Tango Celloguitar (G. Mertens)
The Swan (Saint-Saens)
Tarantella (H. Squire)
Spanish Romance (Anonymus / Mertens)
Vocalise (Rachmaninov)
Meditation from Thais (Massenet)

The Variations on the medieval song "Maienzeit" (English: Maytime") are based on the original 6 note scale scale, preserving the simple beauty of the ancient song.
The SHEET MUSIC is available from: http://www.georgcello.com/sheetmusic.htm

Neidhardt von Reuenthal's (1180-1240) "Maienzeit is probably the oldest song I know. He was the most famous "Minnesinger (love song writer)" of the Gothic medieval period. As he was not a monk he did not learn to write music. Only 300 years later these songs started to be written down - in different versions according to the area they had travelled to.
It was one of my favorite songs of my childhood.

This composition/transcription is part of a program dedicated to the concert venue, the Cathedral Chamber at Jenolan Caves, Australia, reputed for the world's finest acoustics.

If you are a string player you will find this article interesting: "An objective analysis of bow technique" dedicated to all students in the world who wish to improve their sound. (click here on: http://www.georgcello.com/bow.htm )

Performed 21 June 08 in the Cathedral Chamber at Jenolan Caves. Cello Concerts are held regularly every 3d Saturday of the month 4pm. Bookings (AU) 02 6359 3911 (or ticketmaster: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/Jenolan-Caves-Concerts-Cello-Favourites-ticket....
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The CELLO CONCERTS at Jenolan Caves are the longest series of cello concerts in history with more than 140 cello concerts in over 13 years.

Apart from giving concerts, taking photos, composing, writing articles and poetry and editing my website, I teach cello and Classical guitar in Katoomba / Blue Mountains.

This video has been recorded and edited by "bushtrailer".

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[AlexejSR]

krasivo



[Kastanienzweig]

Sehr schön gespielt!

Weiter so!

[dornroslein]

What a beautiful performance, Georg! I have only become acquainted with the music of the German minnesaenger in the last couple of years and think it is incredibly lovely.

[IpodTouchFreakFromHu]

You play pretty beuatiful, wish i could play that good :)

Now i hurry go practicing ;-)