[Cynnabar Dance] Fw: Music

[Aaron Elkiss]

Hi Russ,

There are a ton of sheet music resources out there. A couple of the best
are:

Eric Praetzel's Dance Database: http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Music/ - I
particularly recommend Steve Hendricks' arrangements:
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/

Paul Butler Music: http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/music.html

I can also send you a copy of the Pennsic Pile, the set of sheet music used
at Pennsic. Let me know if you're interested.

Master Avatar (Al Cofrin) also has a few well-regarded books of Medieval and
Renaissance music frequently used in the SCA:
http://www.istanpitta.com/cds_books/

Hope that gets you started!

(Also, if you're particularly interested in arranging music, don't let the
wealth of existing resources stop you from producing your own transcriptions
and arrangements!)

-Aaron

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Debora Vanheyningen <
magda_vogelsang at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm forwarding this message to the Cynnabar dance email group, since I know
> there are others who likely have more resources on this topic than I do.
> -Magda-
>
> --- On *Mon, 12/27/10, Russ McDaniel <diy423 at yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Russ McDaniel <diy423 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Music
> To: dancemaster at cynnabar.org
> Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 9:44 PM
>
> Hola,
> I hail from Rimsholt, but have enjoyed the company of many from Cynnabar.
> I am currently involved heavily with school in my mundane life, so I rarely
> get to participate.  However, I am slowly working on my "rebirth" back into
> more SCA activity when this is over in a few years.  That will include more
> music from me.  Specifically, I want to make better use of my cello, and my
> recently purchased viola.
>
> I have contacted you because I intend to amass a large folio of sheet music
> that I will be able to sight read at a moment's notice for medieval dancers,
> bardic circles, revels, etc.  Many people have a few favorites, that they
> have well rehearsed and can play/sing by heart.  Rather than a few well
> rehearsed favorites, I want to develop a repertoire of MANY songs that I can
> instantly sight read with the aid of sheet music.  Part of my plan also
> includes acquiring music software that will enable me to notate, transcribe,
> and print sheet music for my purposes.  If it please you, I would greatly
> appreciate anything you might suggest and share with me.  What do you all
> like to dance to?  What bardic favorites might I offer to accompany?  Please
> send me any song titles, MIDI files, MP3 or WAV files, sheet music images,
> etc.  Anything that might enrich the music at our events.  I will put it
> all into a huge computer file that I will eventually work into sheet music
> that I can bring to events.  I have worked on drumming in recent years, but
> intend to make better use of my melody instruments.  My goal with all this
> is that people could say "Hey Juan!  Grab your cello.  We want to dance to
> the blah-blah-blah!"  (or whatever).
>
> Right now, the two events I attend most regularly are Border War and Siege
> of Talonval.  When I am done with school, I hope to start attending more.
> So please, send me whatever you have.  I will work on it between now and my
> grand "rebirth".  More music is coming your way.  You have my word!
>
> Yours in service,
> Don Juan Diego de Belmonte
>
>
>
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