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Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1268743 22 pieces from the 12th to 15th c. in 2 or 3 parts - Score Only. Composed by Adam de la Halle, Anonymous, FRANCESCO LANDINI, and Guillaume de Machaut. Arranged by Alastair Lodge. Early Music,Medieval. 60 pages. Wold Meridian #861132. Published by Wold Meridian (A0.1268743). As with our previous publications, Chording to the Dance Masters, Chording to the Consort and Ten Christmas Carols 1350-1610, Wold Meridian remains committed to spreading our enthusiasm for Early Music.Harmony of The Middle Ages takes our catalogue back to the 12th century with 22 pieces featuring the beginnings of music composed in two and three parts.  A good number of pieces are from anonymous sources that have been preserved in important and beautiful manuscripts, but there are also works by Adam de La Halle, Guillaume de Machaut and Francesco Landini.These pieces are for singers (all lyrics have been provided) and instrumentalists of many different kinds, whether it be with modern recorders,harps , flutes, guitars, mandolins and the like, or for those fortunate enough to have access to reproductions of mediaeval instruments (vielles, gitterns, citoles, lutes, rebecs, portative organs, shawms to name but a few).  There are background notes to all the sources and composers and musical and historical features, as well as translations of the lyrics.While the pieces are technically quite easy, in limited ranges and never straying far from the home keys, the rhythms and harmonies may at first seem unusual to those not familiar with these pieces, and this ‘otherness’ is what gives music of this time particular charm.  As a help to becoming familiar with these melodies  each of the 22 pieces is featured in a YouTube playlist with artwork from the times of the pieces and historical notes.ContentsTitle       Composer Publisher1   Stella Splendens     Lliber Vermell de Montserrat2 Cauda - Hac in Anni Janua    St Andrews Manuscript, Wolfenbüttel3 Li Jalous Partout - Tuit Cil Qui Sunt- Veritatem Montpellier Codex 13th C.4 Veris Ad Imperia     Magnus Liber Organi         Paris C.12505 Organ Estampie     Robertsbridge Codex  c.1325 6 Tant Con Je Vivrai     Adam de La Halle7  Amor Potest - Ad Amorem Sequitur   Montpellier Codex 13th C8 Ductia       Harley Ms. 1261-12659 Dieux Soit En Cheste Maison    Adam de La Halle10  On Parole - A Paris - Frese Nouvele   Montpellier Codex  c.125011  Agincourt Carol     Trinity Carol Roll, Selden Carol Book12  Amours Me Fait Desirer    Guillaume de Machaut13  Ductia II      Harley Ms. 1261-126514  Alle Psallite- Alleluya     Montpellier Codex c. 125015 La Bionda Trecca     Francesco Landini16 Alleluia Psallat      Worcester Fragments 13th C17 Son me regarde - Prennes i garde - He mi enfant Montpellier Codex 13th C 18 Anglia, Tibi Turbidas     Egerton Ms. 3307 c.145019  Se Je Souspir      Guillaume de Machaut20 Pucelete-Je Languis-Domino    Montpellier Codex  c.125021   Sumer Is Icumen In     Harley Ms 1261-126422   Ecco La Primavera     Francesco Landinihttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYRWH2nycMkODgSS4eccirhdCiwkrwNuYThe selection will be as useful to members of established early music ensembles, and those involved in historical re-enactments, as it is to those who are coming to mediaeval music for the first time.  If as we hope this ignites a passion for Early Music, we hope you will check out the other publications available from Wold Meridian, and look out for future releases. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).