The Würm Wald Music Guild is a group for local instrumentalists and vocalists interested in performing period music in an SCA setting.
We have not been meeting lately, but if you are interested in getting involved, please speak up!
Our members range in experience from music majors, minors, and degree holders to teenagers learning in school groups, to adult amateurs with no formal training -- if you can carry a tune and/or are basically proficient on your instrument, please join us! We work with any period instrument or direct descendant of a period instrument.
Rather than focus on a specific area or style of early music, we tend to explore quite a bit, in time, place, and mood. Performed selections have had origins in Tudor England, Medieval France, Germany, and Italy, and Moorish-influenced Medieval Spain.
Musicians
- Kirstin - Alto/Soprano, Violin
- Tomaris Kapalomeni - Alto/Tenor, Cello, Oud, Mandolin, Music Guild Director
- Brigid - Soprano, Dumbek, Zils
- Sofya Chyudskaya Smolyanina - Soprano, Frame Drum, Dumbek, Zils
Comments (5)
Anne McKinney said
at 11:09 am on Oct 30, 2009
Hi folks, I added some names and profile information for people in Music Guild. I did this without asking first, so I'm hoping no one minds too much. If you'd rather not be on here, please let me know and I will delete what I've added -- or you can change the information, too. The idea was to help people identify who's who in Wurm Wald, particularly who's active in which groups within the shire...
Anne McKinney said
at 3:03 pm on Feb 8, 2010
Gypsy Guerrilla Band's album _Ernie's Ottoman_ will give you a better idea how Klezmer (and Eastern European & Middle Eastern) music would sound in period. This album features some of the most common songs on violin, flute, hammered dulcimer, and other instruments. From what I can tell from other sources, mandolin, cello, dumbek, frame drum, and recorder were also common instruments for pre-19th c. klezmer (possibly back to the 15th c, though I might be confusing my sources on 15th-c. klezmer instrumentation).
Since GGB seems to have online mp3s for all of their albums BUT Ernie's Ottoman, talk to me privately if you want to listen to this album...it also has their cover of the Korobushka. :-D
Anne McKinney said
at 2:44 pm on Mar 12, 2010
Who wants to road trip to Chicago in the near future to check out music shops? I'm looking into doing this sometime in the next couple months or so. There are a few places that look like they could be good sources for period instruments, possibly sheet music. I'm still at the net-exploration stage, haven't called either of these places to find more specific information yet. Andy's music looks like a fun "candy store" judging by their website's list of instruments they sell (as well as featured instruments with great photos of medieval bagpipes & string instruments): http://www.andysmusic.com/store.html Hogeye Music in Evanston might be a place for hammered dulcimers, though their website doesn't tell much: http://www.hogeyemusic.com/
Anyone know of other good music stores in the area?
Tomaris Kapalomeni said
at 11:19 am on Apr 14, 2011
Hey Guys I added some music content in the Music folder, eventually I will add it to the Music Guild page, but it is all stuff from the Piae Cantiones, woot!
Anne McKinney said
at 6:02 pm on May 19, 2011
Is there a better way to download music from the music folder? I attempted this with a .jpg and it printed a tiny sheet of music that took up less than 1/2 the page...just wondering if there's a way to get full-sized sheet music.
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