Welcome, friends, to our second ranking episode! Speaking of friends, it’s back to St. Gall for to meet Notker’s bestest buddy in the whole Universe, Tuotilo! Join us as we put their friendship to the ultimate test to find out who’s the real maestro of St. Gall! With special cameos by some of America’s most beloved politicians and a random shot of UK drill rap thrown in for good measure, the zaniness is fully on tap this time ‘round! Plus, there’s a leprechaun.
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ALBUM LINKS
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard - Music and Poetry in St Gallen
THE WAIT IS OVER!!! Welcome to Notker Balbulus Part 2. The Bio! The Ranking! The Brodie being the Brodie! Need we say more? Smash that play button and LET’S DO THIS!!!
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LINKS
Notker Balbulus: Sequnezen, Tropen & Gregorianischer Choral aud dem Kloster St. Gallen by Ordo Virtutum on Amazon Music
Media vita in morte summus (attrib. to Notker Balbulus) (Responsorio, 9th century)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JVo9eKW3Os
1a. Notker Balbulus
Sunday, September 1, 2024 • Duration 01:14:13
WE MADE IT!!! Welcome, friends, to the episode you’ve all been waiting for. Eh, well its prequel anyway. We’ve split the episode into two parts for release in simo. In this prefatory episode you will learn the critical information you need to approach classical music on its own terms. In this first segment you will discover:
1. The four reasons you’re hearing classical music wrong, and how to fix them!
2. The exact roadmap for Season 1
3. The final steps in the birth of Gregorian chant, and
4. Just what do Nargaroth and Black Sabbath have in common with Mozart and Beethoven?
This is all key information for the road ahead, so don’t fall asleep on it!
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LINKS
The Christian Singer: Charlemagne and Beyond - Professor Christopher Page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S4RW8XhOXc
Voices From Ancient Abbeys - Ensemble Organum & Various Artists
https://rb.gy/z80wb9
Chant Wars - Sequentia & Dialogos
https://rb.gy/x23rfq
0d(2.2) From Convergence To Liturgence: The Birth of Western Classical Music Part 2.2 - Early Christian Chant
Monday, July 1, 2024 • Duration 02:37:03
Hello, and welcome to our FINAL BACKGROUND EPISODE! Now brace yourself for a veritable tidal wave of musical knowledge as we trace the origins and development of Christian chant through the better part of the 1st millennium CE. This episode is absolutely jam packed with hard-to-find information and positively GORGEOUS music from half a dozen early chant traditions. Along the way, we will encounter young lectors who competed against pagan singers, alongside incredible early music theorists (Thanks Alypios!) and a veritable who's who of early medieval bigwigs, and a shady antiquities dealer known only as "Two Time Slim."
0d(2.1) From Convergence To Liturgence: The Birth of Western Classical Music Part 2.1 - Music In Ancient Rome
Saturday, June 8, 2024 • Duration 01:13:18
The first half of our final background episode comprises an all too brisk survey of some of the most interesting musical contributions of ancient Rome. Find out how the Romans REALLY felt about music and learn why, as Polybius once said, custom is always king. Oh! And we have emperor Nero's ACTUAL singing practice routine! That alone is worth the $0 cost of admission (I mean it's worth more than that, but you're getting it for free anyway because we're such a swell pair of guys). Enjoy!
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LINKS
Reproduction of an Ancient Roman Tuba or Lituus. Used between 500 BC and AD 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7GmJFK-07s
Cornu de Pompeii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlZgj2FAHA
Roman Replica Hydraulus at the Roman Baths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VesLeVMK5aE&t=14s
What Did Popular Music In Ancient Rome Sound Like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZOsoDes3Es
Synaulia - Music from Ancient Rome, Vol. 1: Wind Instruments - Amazon.com Music
0d(1) From Convergence To Liturgence: The Birth of Western Classical Music Part 1 - The Parent Strains
Sunday, May 5, 2024 • Duration 02:35:00
Western Classical Music: Where did it come from and how did it "get that way?" We think we can answer the first question in two episodes, but the second one... well, you could build an entire show around that!
Today, we trace the origins of WCM from the earliest notated fragments in the world to the first named composers in history. Join us as we overturn the claim that "Not a note of music has survived from the ancient world," and find out what deck-sanding and kosher lunch meats have in common (the answer will shock you!)
CAVEAT 1: Correction: "Alexanders successors," not "Alexander's descendants"
CAVEAT 2: Greek persecution of the Jews was almost exclusively under Antiochus IV, but it was severe.
CAVEAT 3: The musical setting for the hymn to Caliope and Zeus stretches credibility. I mean, it does kinda sound like "Hush, Little Baby," doesn't it? The language is ancient though and, like we've said, the ancients are always surprising us. ;-)
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EARLY NOTATION LINKS
What do we know about the oldest found melody? - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
(PDF) A Musical and Mathematical Context for CBS 1766 | leon crickmore - Academia.edu
0c(2) From Emergence To Convergence Part 2 - Indian & Chinese Classical Music
Saturday, April 20, 2024 • Duration 02:31:38
We are back, and today we're headed east to meet two ancient classical music traditions that survive and thrive down to this day. Join us for an episode packed with music philosophy, microtones, and soooooo many instruments! Plus, find out why it's never a good idea to make deals with tectonic plates!
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INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC LINKS
Indian Classical Music Website
https://www.indianclassicalmusic.com/
Ravanhatta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuQv70Aeci8
Lute Sarasvatî Vînâ) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz-Xmh9mXow
Tanpura Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVeFX4O4zT0
Ektar/Gopichand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxajijf_4c
Ravi Kiran plays the Chitra Veena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sy9omOERyA
Sarangi - Instrument of A Hundred Colours | Musical Wonders of India - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59FpEMSSQiE
0c(1.3) From Emergence To Convergence Part 1.3 - Music In Ancient Egypt
Sunday, March 24, 2024 • Duration 01:22:59
Ancient Egyptians just loved to Egypt. And you know who else does? YOU! I mean, that's why you're here, right?
Join us for the third segment of episode 0c(1) to uncover such timeless truths as: Which scales did the ancient Egyptians use and was there a master scale as per ancient Sumer? Why did ancient Egyptians REALLY start calling their kings Pharaohs? And who were the four female Hemet-Neter who co-wrote the one surviving work of popular music that comes down to us from these times (we think...)?
CAVEAT 1: Still audible chop-suey with the edit points, BUT we have finally fixed this as of episode 0d(2.2)!
CAVEAT 2: Michael Atherton & Peter Pringle = Independent scholars, NOT amateur ones!!! Sorry, guys. We love you both!
CAVEAT 3: There is only one trumpet in the first example. The stereo sample I was working with had some right channel lag, so sounded like overlapping trumpets. Ah, tech shenanigans.
0c(1.2) From Emergence To Convergence Part 1.2 - Music In Ancient Sumer
Sunday, March 17, 2024 • Duration 02:26:32
Our best episode yet! Who would have thought there'd be so much to say about music in ancient Sumer and the Akkadian empire? Join us as we trace the life of an ancient Sumerian classical musician. Along the way we'll uncover such exciting truths as: Why was Inanna the coolest goddess there ever was or ever could be?Why was there a Chief of Lamentations in ancient Akkad and what was his connection to Gibson guitars? What is the best animal to sacrifice to your instrument if you happen to be a shem player? And just who on earth is Peter Pringle?
0c(1.1) From Emergence To Convergence Part 1.1 - Music of the Neolithic
Sunday, March 10, 2024 • Duration 54:05
Ok! We are back after a halfway successful attempt to put ourselves ahead of schedule. Last time we left you in the Stone Age, but DON'T PANIC. This time we're bringing you out of it! Join us as we stumble through shingles and chronic fatigue respectively all for the love of telling you weird stuff that no one else cares about, such as:
What happened when the first wave of Proto Indo-Europeans reached Spain?
How can you combat modern pseudoscience with ancient tuning standards?
Why didn't neolithic peoples just invent writing and music notation and stop throwing away thousands of years of history?
Ok, so we didn't actually answer that last one, but we sure did feel the pain of not knowing. And now it's your turn to feel some pain. Speaking of that, welcome back and enjoy!
CAVEAT: We recorded this episode WAY back in January, so the schedule update at the end is not correct. Check out our last schedule update to learn more about that.
LINKS
STONE AGE MUSIC • Shamanic Tones • Sounds of Our Eldest Ancestors - YouTube
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