Medieval

Medieval music, spanning the 9th to 15th centuries, is characterized by monophonic and polyphonic textures, often featuring solo voices or chant-like harmonies, accompanied by simple instrumental accompaniment, such as the fiddle, recorder, or organ. Emerging from the Gregorian chant tradition, medieval music evolved into complex polyphonic forms, like motets and masses, influenced by troubadours and courtly love poetry. During the High Middle Ages (12th-13th centuries), this genre flourished in European monasteries and courts, reflecting the era's cultural and spiritual values. Medieval music's unique characteristics include the use of modal scales, antiphonal singing, and elaborate ornamentation. Its influence can be seen in subsequent Renaissance and Baroque styles, while its distinctive, haunting beauty continues to captivate audiences today, with modern ensembles and artists reinterpreting and reimagining this ancient music for contemporary ears.

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Adam de la Halle
Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett
Alexander Agricola
Alfonso X El Sabio
Alla Francesca
Anders Colldén
Anonymous
Arcana Liturgia
Bernart de Ventadorn
Biber Consort
Björn Schmelzer
Brigitte Lesne
Cantus Thuringia
Carles Magraner
Carlo Gesualdo
Celtic Music
Charles Cole
Charles Medlam
Charles Michael Brotman
Claudio Astronio
Comtessa de Dia
Dallas Bach Society
David Munrow
Denis Raisin-Dadre
Doomherre
Dorothy Carter
Doulce Mémoire
Emmanuel Bonnardot
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Estienne Battier
Fabrice Aboulker
Fief
Francesco Landini
Gautier De Coincy
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giraut de Bornelh
Goblin Quartet
Guild of Lore
Guillaume Dufay
Guillaume de Machaut
Haryon
Hildegard von Bingen
Hughes De Courson
Jacob van Eyck
Jacopo da Bologna
Janette Fishell
Jaufre Rudel
Jerycho
Johannes Ciconia
Johannes Ockeghem
John Dunstable
Josquin des Prez
Juan del Encina
Justin Taylor
La Capella Ducale
La Festa Musicale
Laurence Brisset
Lee Santana
Lux Musicae London
Malfet
Manntra
Mary Utiger
Matteo da Perugia
Matthias Loibner
Maximilian Ehrhardt
Medieval Cat
Mignarda
Miracle Of Sound
Myriam Rignol
Norwald
Notre Dame Magnificat Choir
Nou Romancer
Orlande de Lassus
Os Fillos d'o Sobrarbe
Pathworn Pilgrim
Pedro Memelsdorff
Perrine Devillers
Pérotin
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
Raimon de Miraval
Secret of the Forest
Singknaben der St. Ursenkathedrale Solothurn
Solage
Sourcerior
Strada
The City Musick
The Dragonfather
The Hilliard Ensemble
The Marais Project
The Wanderer
Torchlight
Traditional
Traditional Music
Tylman Susato
Victoria Couper
Walther von der Vogelweide
Witch's Amulet
Wolfram Von Eschenbach
Zeronove
ebunny
Traditional
Anonymous
Miracle Of Sound
Hildegard von Bingen
Michael Behringer
The Hilliard Ensemble
Josquin des Prez
Ensemble Organum
Goblin Quartet
Medieval Cat
Orlande de Lassus
Traditional Music
Manntra
ebunny
Tonus Peregrinus
Antony Pitts
Sequentia
Guillaume Dufay
Estienne Battier
Guillaume de Machaut
La Festa Musicale
Alfonso X El Sabio
Johannes Ockeghem
The Dragonfather
Carlo Gesualdo
Choir of The King's Consort
Edward Brewer
David Munrow
Léonin
Fief
Unicorn Ensemble
Pérotin
Brigitte Lesne
Charles Michael Brotman
Mignarda
Carles Magraner
Malfet
Early Music Consort Of London
Crawford Young
Charles Medlam
Tylman Susato
Mary Utiger
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Francesco Landini
Lee Santana
Denis Raisin-Dadre
Myriam Rignol
Ariane Maurette
John Dunstable
Doulce Mémoire
Ensemble Project Ars Nova
Janos Bali
Alla Francesca
Guild of Lore
Wise Men of Gotham
Jacob van Eyck
Michalina Malisz
Emmanuel Bonnardot
Jerycho
Hughes De Courson
Fabrice Aboulker
Walther von der Vogelweide
Juan del Encina
Ferrara Ensemble
Lurte
Oni Wytars Ensemble
Dorothy Carter
Baude Cordier
Strada
Terence R. Charlston
Robert Spencer
Zeronove
Perrine Devillers
Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett
Alexander Agricola
Charles Cole
Bernart de Ventadorn
Björn Schmelzer
Adam de la Halle
The Marais Project
Oswald von Wolkenstein
Claudio Astronio
Sourcerior
Richard I of England
Ensemble Für Fruhe Musik Augsburg
Matthias Loibner
A:N:S Chorus
Marcabru
Capilla Antigua de Chinchilla
The City Musick
Gautier De Coincy
Jacopo da Bologna
Pedro Memelsdorff
Guiraut Riquier
Janette Fishell
Justin Taylor
Cantus Thuringia
Notre Dame Magnificat Choir
Thibaut de Champagne
Johannes Ciconia