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Medieval Songs of Sin & Subversion
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Joglaresa JOG005
2012
1. Ire si vis [4:26] military subversion
text: anonymous C12th | music: Neidhart von REUENTHAL (d. c. 1237)
[+ Thibault de CHAMPAGNE. Seigneurs, sachiez]
2. Co la madre del beato [4:02] female bishops?
Laudario di Firenze, C14th Italy
3. Magno / Hush / Trotto [5:10] toppling kings
anonymous C13th England, Magno gaudens gaudio / Joe South / anon. C14th Italy
4. Lay of the Shepherdess [3:12] seduction
Li lai de la pastourelle | anonymous, C13th France
5. Bella doman [3:54] romantic subversion
text: Bieris de Romans (fl. early C13th) | music: Sianed Jones
6. Floret fex Favellea [2:41] political subversion
Roman de Fauvel, C14th France
7. O admirabile Veneris idolum [5:27] sexual subversion
anonymous, C11th England/Italy
8. Orientis partibus [2:51] lovesong for a donkey
anonymous, C12th France
9. Crucifigat omnes / Curritur ad vocem [2:42] ecclesiastical subversion
CB 47 /
CB 47a
C12th France/Germany
10. Cuncti simus concanentes [5:25] ecclesiastical subversion
LV 6
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, C14th Catalonia, Spain
11. Sinfonye for the Devil [6:43] melodic subversion
Nova Stella | Laudario di Firenze, C14th Italy
12. Beata divites [0:49] ecclesiastical subversion
anonymous medieval parody of the Beatitudes
13. Veritas [5:11] political subversion
Philippe le CHANCELIER, Roman de Fauvel, C14th France
[+ Les set gotx recomptarem~Ave Maria gracia plena
LV 5]
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, C14th Catalonia, Spain
14. Salve Virgo rubens rosa [0:47] a nun sings about a rose
Hu 125
Codex Las Huelgas, C14th Castile, Spain
15. Santa Maria amar devemos [4:44] a nun gets pregnant
CSM 7
Cantigas de Santa Maria no. 7, C13th Castile, Spain
16. Virgen madre groriosa [7:00] adulterous lovesong/Virgin lovesong
CSM 340
Cantigas de Santa Maria no. 340, C13th Castile, Spain
Arrangements/contrafacta by Belinda Sykes, Tim Garside & Joglaresa
Joglaresa
Belinda Sykes
Belinda Sykes — voice, bagpipes
Tim Garside — citole, tombak, riq, cajon, kantele, tamborello, duf, voice
Ruth Fraser — voice
Stuart Hall — electric bass, kemençe, fidel, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Jean Kelly — electric harp, fidel, voice
Sianed Jones — electric fidel, voice, giggles
May Robertson — fidel, voice, donkey brays
Angela Hicks — voice
Ash Milton — sinfonye
Full band and player's biographies are on the Joglaresa website
Recorded by Ash Milton at Sonica Music, London, on 7 & 8 October.
Edited, mixed and mastered by Ash Milton at the Treehouse.
Produced by Belinda Sykes and Tim Garside. Notes by Kim Burton.
Photos by Graham Wood. Design by Belinda Sykes.
English to Latin translation of Track 3's well-known lyrics, by Elena Borelli.
Cover pciture by Hieronymus Bosch.
With thanks to Hilary Hazzard, Peggy & Billy Edwards, Sofia Scratton,
Cathinka Guldberg, Elena Borelli, Tom Smart and Graham Wood.
℗ & © 2012 Belinda Sykes