Dragon's Lyre: The Arbor Consort

Music both Mad(rigal) and Un-

Mad Season's Rep
Holly RenFest Info

formerly: Our Lady's Madrigal Singers

Note-Worthy: Resources for "They Who Will Consort"

No longer stuck for patter!
Kevin's patter notes. Now the fear isn't for what to say, but for where to stop. (Of course, we all know I never go too far... *grin*)
Fearless Leader Training. Consorting with our Director. (one 8-1/2" x 11" 492KB JPG file)

For your convienence, I've broken the above JPG into two 5-1/2" x 8" pages:

• Page 1: The Art and Science of Leading (254KB JPG file)
  
• Page 2: Warm-ups, Pitch, and the Rest (264KB JPG file)
  

Interpreting the Rep.Where all is revelled. *Oops!* I meant revealed. Hmmm... that's not a whole lot better, is it... *heheh* Here there be meanings, and meanings.
Our own slightly tilted worldview.Where our music comes from and how it fits in, for the public school appearance.
Who are we? Take a look! A directory of pictures of current and past Festival performances. (My! How we've changed!)


TachyCHORDia (or, Music Makes My Heart Beat Faster)

The Choral Public Domain Library. This is a GREAT! resource of public domain music, most of it in at least three formats (midi, which can be played by your browser; octavo, which uses the PDF/Acrobat Reader plugin; and, a software scoring file, like Finale, Encore, ABC, etc.)!
Take a look!!! Worthwhile!

The Renaissance:

• Music History 101 from the Internet Public Library
  
• Renaissance (and Medieval) History
  
• Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Oklahoma
  
• The King's English
  
• The Tudor Times
  
• The REDUCED Shakespeare Company
  
• Haroldry for non-Heralds (a gamey look at the language of Haroldry--"it's all Middle French to Me"...)
  

Knight life

Clean mind, clean body: take your pick.

Renaissance humor. Common. Very common...
Definitions:

Musical Terms
Conductors' Humor (huh?!?)
A math quiz for music students...
Not all Singers are sewing machines... *snicker*

Of Corset Fits!

How to make an Elizabethan Corset
The Elizabethan Costuming Page. Guides and suggestions, with examples and diagrams.
Elizabethan Period Costumes Background info on the period, plus pattern guides, where to get accessories, and commercial pattern and retail clothing sources.


Hardwhere??!

So what *IS* a codpiece? (and how did it, er, *blush* emerge?)

Interesting and Amusing *and* related to the Period!

Historical Costumes in full-color plates!
Victorian Fashion Page

Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet

The life and times of Mr. William Shakespeare.
Will's Works, with a search engine, glossary, FAQ, and discussion area. *really cool!*
Hanover College's Shakespeare archive.
ShakeSpirit.com's excellent Shakespearean links page. Nifty!
Shakespeare's Works, complete in text format on this umich server!
Suzi's Sonnet, with footnotes...

The Elizabethan Language

Speaking with the Proper Elizabethan Accent
(Contains links to pronunciation, pronunciation drills, grammar, vocabulary, and forms of address.)
Tossing *really* good Shakespearean insults!

Historical Perspectives for the Renaissance

16th Century Renaissance English Literature
Renaissance Electronic Texts (Only a few at the moment, but growing site!)
Internet Medieval SourceBook
Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Information
Medieval & Renaissance History
Historical Documents about and from Medieval and Renaissance Europe

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