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“Musick will give our hardest Labours Ease; The Hautboy charms in War, the Flute in Pease. Where Love or Honour calls, these Sounds inspire; This charms with Love, That Courage sets on fire.” This hour on Harmonia, we explore what Playford describes as an honorable and courageous instrument: the oboe. Read More »

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Different Ways to Think About Early Music

On Sunday, May 21, the Bloomington Early Music Festival kicks off a whole week of concerts and activities under the theme "Arabia, Iberia, and Latin America," expanding the focus of early music beyond Europe.

We'll hear music of Francois Devienne, CPE Bach, and Frédéric Duvernoy performed in 1988 by Colin St. Martin and Richard Seraphinoff, who were students at the IU Early Music Institute at that time.

We'll hear music from the viol consort Phantasm during their 1999 U.S. tour.

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Pitch Perfect: Temperaments

Section of a woodcut showing Pythagoras with bells in Pythagorean tuning. From Theorica musicae by Franchino Gaffurio, 1492

We’re hitting all the right notes—as we explore the world of tuning systems from Pythagorean to the first temperaments of the Renaissance, which allowed musicians to go beyond the limitations of a single mode. Plus, our featured recording is A Monk’s Life by the Brabant Ensemble.

This week, music of the Seville cathedral, then on to England and The Lily & The Rose.

Paolo Veronese's painting Unfaithfulness

Johannes Ockeghem’s rondeau “D’ung aultre amer,” well known in its own time, found its way into the work of lots of other composers, including Tinctoris and Agricola, but especially including Josquin des Prez, who wrote two motets and an entire mass based on the song. This week on Harmonia, join us as we get acquainted with the song and its progeny!

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