Dear all,
It has long been known that poems from the De consolatione philosophiae
by Boethius were sung in the Middle Ages. But how to recover a song
tradition recorded over a thousand years ago in mnemonic notations when
performance traditions have fallen silent? A new website gathers
together manuscript images, explains reconstruction methods, and invites
users to contribute:
https://boethius.mus.cam.ac.uk/
Research conducted at the University of Cambridge and extended in
consultation with members of Sequentia resulted in the creation of a
small number of reconstructions. It remains to extend the process
across all thirty-nine poems, drawing on expertise from a wider
community to refine hypotheses and make unexpected connections in an
area where systematic research methods can proceed only so far.
The website should also prove of interest to those studying medieval
performance practice as it contains newly made videos by members of
Sequentia reflecting on their instruments, their physical interaction
with them, and their approach to reconstruction in the absence of
specified instrumental parts.
Discussion and comment is welcomed on the site.
With thanks for your consideration,
Sam
Dr Sam Barrett
Reader in Early Medieval Music
University of Cambridge
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