[LAU] [Music] Godescalc's Song

Will Godfrey willgodfrey at musically.me.uk
Wed Aug 3 07:49:52 UTC 2016


On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 08:44:03 -0400
Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> This piece is a setting of a secular melody from the 9th century CE, the 
> tune is by Godescalc, an unwilling Benedictine monk from Reichenau. I've 
> used the transcription by Coussemaker, the simple harmonization is my own.
> 
>      http://linux-sound.org/audio/GodescalcsSong.flac
> 
>      http://linux-sound.org/audio/GodescalcsSong.ogg
> 
>      http://linux-sound.org/audio/GodescalcsSong.mp3
> 
> Style: Modern Medieval ambient. :)
> 
> Synths include u-he's Triple Cheese, Diva, and ACE. discoDSP's Discovery 
> Pro is also used. Produced and rendered with Bitwig 1.3.12.
> 
> No post to SoundClod this time.
> 
> Comments welcome, as always.
> 
> Best,
> 
> dp

Very much enjoyed this. I can imagine it being played in an old country house,
the sound drifting through the rooms.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.


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