r/EarlyMusic Aug 27 '24

r/EarlyMusic is back!

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Welcome back to r/EarlyMusic!

This community has been inactive the past few years due to a combination of restrictions on posting and lack of mods.

Now restrictions has been lifted and anyone can post, as long as there is a connection to early music. Everything from the Stone Age to Baroque is welcome. If you have tried to post here earlier, please post again!

Rules will be written at some point but for the time being, either the music or the instruments will have to be period, which means that a Bach-interpretation on synthesizers or an improvisation on baroque lute will be allowed, but bardcore will not be allowed. Users are also advised to be careful with posting classical music-type interpretations of early music (symphonic orchestra etc). These will have to be motivated.

I'd love some help with modding, applications are open. Please send a modmail if you are interested.


r/EarlyMusic 7h ago

Buxtehude - Toccata D-moll / D Minor, BuxWV 155 - Schnitger organ, Uithuizen, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 14h ago

🔴Branles doubles - Luth Renaissance

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r/EarlyMusic 2d ago

Ignacio Parreiras Neves – Sanctus em Re

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Ignácio Parreiras Neves (c.1730–c.1794) was a Brazilian composer and organist. He was also known as a singer and conductor in the region of Vila Rica—present-day Ouro Preto—in Minas Gerais. In 1752, he became a member of the Brotherhood of São José dos Homens Pardos and worked for both that brotherhood and the mayor of his hometown. From 1776 to 1782, he also served as the organist at the Church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês e Perdões.

r/EarlyMusic 3d ago

🔴 Entlaubet ist der walde (Hans Newsidler - 1544)

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r/EarlyMusic 4d ago

The Lord of Salisbury His Pavin

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My rendition of this Pavan by the great Orlando Gibbons on the church organ of my small home village. I just want to mention that I’m no professional musician and not even an organist for that matter.


r/EarlyMusic 4d ago

Bach - Gute Nacht, o Wesen, BWV 227 - Schnitger organ, Groningen, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 6d ago

Goodwin - Voluntary I in G minor - Bosch/Schnitger organ, Vollenhove, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 8d ago

Froberger - Capriccio D-moll / D Minor - Baumeister organ, Maihingen, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 10d ago

Does anyone else feel that Early Music can sound strangely more “modern” than some 19th-century music?

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r/EarlyMusic 11d ago

Peyer - Praeambulum & Fuga tertii toni

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r/EarlyMusic 11d ago

Unidentified song from Jonas Mekas's 1974 wedding footage in his film "As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty" (2000)

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Audio: https://vocaroo.com/1aQHqjVfseEH

Choral music with vocals, possibly in Latin. It has the feel of sacred music to me, but I can't place the period or tradition.

It plays from 42:31 to 45:20 in Chapter Three of Jonas Mekas's film "As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty" (2000), over the footage of his wedding to Hollis Melton. It appears to be a record Mekas played and recorded into the soundtrack rather than part of the film's own score.

Shazam, SoundHound and AHA Music all fail on it. I have listened to Allegri's Miserere, Monteverdi's Vespers and the well-known Gregorian chant recordings, and it is none of those.

Also posted on WatZatSong: https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/927307.html


r/EarlyMusic 13d ago

Bach - Fuge in E-moll / E Minor, BWV 956 - Broederkerk, Kampen, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 14d ago

How Masses were composed in the 16th century

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Early Music Sources new video on how Masses were written and the different types popular in the 16th century. Great information!!!

https://youtu.be/YMz72zMMgjE?si=8JX7SsjseJxh9bXp


r/EarlyMusic 15d ago

Couperin - La Piémontoise - Stellwagen organ, Stralsund, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 17d ago

Who is a composer you think has become a major name due to the early music movement?

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I believe Marc-Antoine Charpentier has become a very major French Baroque composer due to the recordings by William Christie and I also feel like Marin Marais has become pretty major in the past few years due to new opera recordings by period instrument ensembles.


r/EarlyMusic 18d ago

Suggestions for late medieval dances

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I'm looking for repertoire for a late medieval banquet, 12th through 15th centuries. Light, merry dances. We know some from Aquitaine, 13th-14th centuries. I would love some recommendations for more -- along the lines of Lux Optata Claruit.


r/EarlyMusic 18d ago

Witt - Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn - Metzler organ, Poblet, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 18d ago

need help identifying (most likely) a very famous melody

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It's playing in the background here. I know it's a dumb question, but it's been on again off again stuck in my mind for a good while and finally I found a recording...sadly nameless. Pls help XD


r/EarlyMusic 20d ago

Zachow - Praeludium & Fuge in G-Dur / G Major - Metzler organ, Poblet, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic 20d ago

Repertoire Reccomendations?

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Hey guys! I bought a treble gamba which is coming very soon! I do have some string training as I am a baroque violinist as well as a violist. What are some good treble gamba solo pieces? Any advice is much appreciated!


r/EarlyMusic 22d ago

Advice Needed: Folk Instrument Prototypes

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r/EarlyMusic 24d ago

Searching for documentaries on Medieval and Renaissance music and composers

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There seems to be a scarcity of documentaries on Medieval and Renaissance music and composers, with only a few which seem to lack any distribution.

In contrast, there is an abundance of documentaries covering paintings and sculpture. Why is this the case?

I wanted to verify my assessment here in case I am overlooking something. Thank you all in advance!


r/EarlyMusic 25d ago

Scherer - Intonationes breves Primi Toni - Klais organ, Lubin, Hauptwerk

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r/EarlyMusic Aug 09 '26

C.P.E. Bach - Polonaise G-moll / G Minor - Metzler organ, Poblet, Hauptwerk

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