Musical Studies

Ensemble Music The Dragon's Consort, Dragonsspine's period music ensemble, is currently seeking new players and singers.  Please contact Lady Halla at [music at dragonsspine dot org] if you are interested.

Table of Contents

Reading Music  |  Sheet Music  |  Recorder Links  |  The Dragon's Consort

Reading Music

• musictheory.net
  Lessons and training aids for reading music, excellent for beginners
  (requires Shockwave Flash)
  
• Online Music Theory Reference
  The elements of modern musical notation
  
• Reading White Mensural Notation
  A system of musical notation from the 16th century
  
• The Written Notation of Medieval Music
  A system of musical notation from the 13th century

Sheet Music

• Renaissance Music
  Various composers, suitable for recorder
  
• SCA Dance Database
  Searchable collection of music for various dances performed in the SCA
  
• The Choral Public Domain Library
  
• Musica Viva
  Free recorder sheet music
  
• Playing Together: Easy Recorder Music

Recorder Links

• The Recorder
  Photos, illustrations, sound samples
  
• Fingering Charts
  C Recorder (Soprano/Tenor)  |  F Recorder (Alto/Bass)
  
• Dolmetsch Online Recorder Method
  
• The Recorder Home Page
  A comprehensive source for recorder information
  

The Dragon's Consort

Dragonsspine's incipient period music ensemble, the Dragon's Consort, rehearses and performs instrumental and vocal music from the 13th through the 16th centuries.  The Consort exists to delight listeners at Dragonsspine events, and to educate its members, as well as its audience, about period music.  For information about participating, contact the Consort director, Lady Halla.

Current members of the Consort:

Lady Halla in heppna Knörsdóttir - recorder, violin, keyboard, dulcimer, percussion, voice
Lady Marie Stewart (on leave) - recorder, voice
Seamus O'Mourne - recorder, flute, voice
Qara Qulan - recorder, voice
Katherina - recorder, harp, keyboard, percussion, voice
Laney - recorder, percussion, voice

Current & past repertoire:

Verbum caro factum est: In hoc anni circulo - English, 12th century [lyrics]
Ecce mundi gaudium - Anonymous, 13th century
Cantiga (instrumental)
Quen quer que na Virgen fia - Alfonso X
Pastime with good company - attrib. Henry VIII
The Coventry Carol - arr. Hendricks
Lo, how a rose - arr. Hendricks
In Dulci Jubilo - arr. Hendricks
Tempus Adest Floridum - from the Piae Cantiones
Veni, veni Emanuel
Selections from Playford's The Dancing Master
Selections from Arbeau's Orchesographie

Planned repertoire:

Saltarello (instrumental) - Italian, 14th century
Ah! si mon moine voulait danser - French folksong [lyrics]
Ah Robin, gentle Robin - Cornyshe
Belle qui tiens ma vie - Arbeau
Weep, O mine eyes - Bennet
Other instrumental works