Choral Public Domain Library

Not for church then? Thanks Max. Interesting about the golliards: I just had a quick look for them on wikipedia and shall research more later. This will make for some interesting discussion within our small ensemble. Yet again I am grateful for the generosity of the CPDLers who are so willing to sha...

I'm having trouble translating the following into English. Have tried on-line dictionaries, but no luck; also tried my small Italian-English dictionary: No luck there either. Perhaps I'm missing something. Can someone help? I found this piece here on the CPDL, but am having trouble finding it again ...

Thanks for the suggestion Joe. When I go to the holymeasures site it presents me with a 'Composer Log-in'. I'm not a composer so am not sure whether I should log in or not. When I click on 'Browse Songs (or is it 'Music'?)' I'm told to log in at the Composer Log-in. Not sure what to do. I'm probably...

Thanks for those suggestions Joe and vaarky.

I have found everyone's comments here interesting and instructive - including Grant's. It certainly didn't occur to me to take offence at what anyone has said. Some of us here are professional musicians, some not; it's interesting to hear what people think, and to appreciate how perceptions vary acc...

Thank you for your replies. Thanks especially to Christoph for his detailed and most informative reply. Truly appreciated. We are a small ensemble of eight amateur singers and the few madrigals we are singing are mainly English: Dowland, Robert Jones, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Bateson, etc. It's a musi...

As lutes seem rather thin on the ground in this neck of the woods, I am wondering if anyone here has used the guitar as an accompaniment for madrigals? Is the guitar a suitable/acceptable substitute? Why/why not? Your comments would be appreciated.

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Hello GUITARMONGER. This *is* a wonderful site. Your post re developing as a singer and guitarist made me wonder about the possibility of using a guitar instead of a lute to accompany madrigals. I'll post this as a query in Other Topics.

I must say that I didn't feel any anxiety when playing the tin whistle, recorder then clarinet; not much when singing in a big choir either (I'm strictly amateur and not a soloist). It's only when singing in a small ensemble that things get a bit rocky. I suspect there's something in the idea of hav...

Grant - Since first posting on this topic I have almost entirely overcome my stage-fright. Just 'talking' about it with the people here encouraged me to take a long, hard look at myself in performance mode. I'd always known my material (songs) thoroughly but had the completely mad habit of keeping a...

Hello Grant, Welcome. (I'm nothing special here - just another member). It's a wonderful site. I do envy you being in a place with such a large population.... Singers galore. I'm in a small town in Australia and it's hard to find singers for our little choral group. What sort of music are you singin...

Good. I've just found Jeremy Rawson's arrangement of the Ash Grove here in the CPDL catalogue. Thanks Jeremy. If our little (non-profit) group sings it we'll be sure to acknowledge you as arranger.

Can anyone help me to locate an a cappella SATB or SAB version of the Welsh (?) traditional song The Ashgrove please? I have found an accompanied version and one for (if I remember correctly) TTBB in the CPD Library, but these are not what our group want.

Here's a good one for music:

http://www.2mbs.com

Food for thought there, vaarky. Thanks. Particularly interesting about the unsophisticated subconscious.