13th century Medieval Music: Ductia

On viol and recorder by ernst stolz
(I need a real medieval fidel one day I think)
about the Ductia on this webside:
http://aelflaed.homemail.com.au/doco/earlydance.html
following:
There are no surviving manuscripts containing pieces labelled as ductias. Grochieo describes the ductia as like the estampie but more regular; perhaps this refers to an estampie with verses all of the same length. Musically speaking, it might be that an instrumental estampie with only three or four two-part verses (puncti) is a ductia (HAoM p220).

Grocheio also says (presumably about the vocal ductia): "The ductia is a melody that is light and brisk in its ascents and descents, and which is sung in carole by young men and girls, like the French song Chi encore querez amoretes. It influences the hearts of young girls and men and draws them from vanity, and is said to have power against that passion which is called love or 'eros'." (Rochefort p46)

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[barockeuse1]

c'est une musique qui me parle au plus profond de moi ! ça ne s'explique pas!!

[ernststolz]

merci, bonne journée

[LunaLakshmi]

What type of mollenhauer is that? Is it the Kynseker "C"? I know in the medieval/early renaissance the recorders were keyless...

[ernststolz]

Kynseker soprano yes indeed

[heniek67]

Great music. The kind I like. No comparison with the rap of today.

[BestCoolGuy22]

I'm not saying there's no fun allowed, but I HATE how EVERY video with medieval or classical music has comments like "OMG this make me wan 2 play Assassin's Creed!!! xD".

I hope people can see this as more than "video game background music".

[AceVenturaQ911]

This is the proof that music never gets old.

[Bellairs120466]

OMG this make me wan 2 play Assassin's Creed!!! xD

Thumbs up for irony.

[MsDaisyfairy]

love medieval music! makes me feel im at home :)

[MushroomedAnymore]

Medieval Viols are very beautiful, what a shame they are archaic! Imagine how real 13th c. musicians would have extended this ductia for about 10-20 minutes with improvisation!

[lunchmind]

What? oneof those fucking video game producers uses this as "background music"? what blasphemy. Screw "assassins creed."

[AriaInTheSky]

@BestCoolGuy22 Yes, Assassin's Creed is wonderful, but I grew up with all kinds of music, including medieval, so I naturally adore this music already. <3

[anaximandro870]

pues está chido no?

[merc43211]

Due to the fact that in contemporary culture are a lot of elements of ancient times, more people are somehow beginning to nostalgia for those days. I wonder what this is?