Masterclass: Instrumental reductions of polyphonic models from the fifteenth century
with Félix Verry Participants:Medieval fiddle students, other instrumentalists, singers Musicological discussions are beginning to consider that the function of bowed stringed instruments in the middle ages was not limited to isolated ‘melodies’, and their practices probably did not include playing a single voice from polyphonic vocal repertoires. While one certain function of the viella was to accompany the voice with drone and ‘chordal’ sounds, there remains… Read More »Masterclass: Instrumental reductions of polyphonic models from the fifteenth century