Cantus Planus (plainchant) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Western Church. When referring to the term plainsong, it is those sacred pieces that are composed in Latin text. Plainsong was the exclusive form of Christian church music until the ninth century, and the introduction of polyphony.
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The German Lute Society (DLG), in collaboration with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/FHNW, is pleased to announce the BASEL LUTE DAYS, which will take place from September 14th – 18th, 2022 on the Campus of the Basel Music Academy.
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Our forum is intended for people who are interested in lute music and to delve deeper into the ideas presented in André Nieuwlaat’s articles.
The aim is to create a constructive discussion. All input is welcome and a moderator will see to it that this becomes an interesting means to be able to react more quickly.
The distance in time between the publication of our newsletters and the yearbook is after all too long to offer this possibility, hence our choice for a forum.
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From April 22 to 24, 2022, a symposium will be held at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen on the subject of ‘John Dowland’s activities on the continent’.
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On April 2 and 3, the Société Française de Luth” (SFL), organizes their annual lute days in Paris
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Being the child of two professional musicians, music was all around me growing up. Since 2011 I have been putting my heart and soul in the practice of musical instrumentmaking. A short while after becoming a Vocatio laureate in 2018 and receiving a grant that enabled me to acquire decent tools and machinery I started my own business as a self-employed luthier.
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After a richly filled autumn with performances in the Netherlands, France, Portugal and Latvia, Zefiro Torna will be a guest in her own country again in the coming months. In addition to concerts by BALSAM and Sluimer, the program also includes a CD recording of Time Crawls, a new creation with Muziektheater Transparant, and the long-awaited premiere of PAST >I ORAL.
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Today our Yearbook 2021 was published, containing ao The lute in the Parisian salons of the 17th century by Fred Jacobs, new discoveries about John Dowland by André Nieuwlaat, and Jack Scholten found two relatively little-known lute players in the Album Studiosorum, the list of registrations at the University of Leiden.
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A one-year timelapse of a decomposing violin accompanies German composer, Sven Helbig’s, latest work.
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From 2 to 9 July, the 34th International Summer School of Early Music will take place in Vallice, Czech Republic. Brian Wright teaches the lute and early romantic guitar.
