Divertissements médiévaux
John Craton
About this work: Medieval entertainments for violin in 1st position and piano. A collection of 16 medieval and renaissance themes arranged for violin and piano. The melody lines are essentially authentic tunes from the era with piano accompaniments that meld medieval and modern harmonies. The concept is to make the pieces more accessible and enjoyable to the student who approaches these works for the beauty of the melodic lines rather than for scholarly authenticity. Published by
Wolfhead Music. Six excerpts are presented here. Complete collection includes:
Robins m’aime, Robins m’a (Adam de la Halle)
Edi Beo thu Hevene Quene (Anonymous English)
Song from “The Play of Daniel” (Anonymous French)
Ja nuns hons pris (Richard Cœur-de-Lion)
Quant voi esté et le tens revenir (Gui II)
La chanson du Roi de Navarre (Anonymous French)
D’où vient cela? (Clément Marot)
Ce fu en mai (Maniot d’Arras)
En mai quant li rossignolet (Colin Muset)
Kalenda maya (Raimboult de Vaquieras)
Biaus m’est estez (Gace Brule)
Stella spendens (Anonymous Spanish)
Nas mentes senpre teer (Anonymous Spanish)
Miri it is while sumer ilast (Anonymous English)
Gabriel fram heven-king (Anonymous English)
Sumer is icumen in (Anonymous English)
Year composed: 2002
Duration: 00:28:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Keyboard plus One Instrument
Instrumentation: ,1 Piano soloist(s), ,1 Violin soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: Level: violin, easy to moderate; piano, easy to moderately advanced. (NOTE: If listening to the Scorch file through the computer, if may be necessary to adjust the tempo bar as Scorch sometimes fails to recognize metronome markings.)