Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1365464 Composed by Adrian Willaert, Anonymous, Conrad Paumann, Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro, Guillaume Dufay, Heinrich Isaac, Johannes Ockeghem, John Bedyngham, Josquin Des Pres, Juan Roman, Magistro Rofino/Francesco Patavino, Robert Morton, and etc. Arranged by Alastair Lodge. Early Music,Historic,Medieval,Renaissance. 88 pages. Wold Meridian #949794. Published by Wold Meridian (A0.1365464). 26 Secular consort pieces and songs  in 2, 3 and 4 parts from late mediaeval and early renaissance sources in full score with lyrics.  The century between 1430 and 1530 was a revolutionary time for the arts in Europe, bridging the late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance.This selection of 26 pieces have been prepared in modern notation and familiar time signatures for those who wish to explore music popular secular music composed between these years .  There are songs and instrumental pieces that can be performed in a wide variety of ways, using modern  or period reproduction instruments.  Each piece has background historical notes, and there is an accompanying playlist on YouTube in which each of the pieces can be auditioned.  The pieces are presented in full score form, with lyrics provided.This book covers the transition in music between that featured in my volume Harmony of the Middle Ages, and the other two volumes Chording to the Dance Masters and Chording to the Consort.  Together they provide an invaluable companion to performers of Early Music, re-enactors or people who would like to extend their repertoire and get to know works of this period.
