Introduction to medieval music

This page is designed for the total novice to start listening to medieval music

Medieval Pop Songs

Some of the best sounding medieval songs to modern ears.

Medieval music tends to be played with a classical edge, which can put a lot of people off.

Salva Nos -
Mediaeval Baebes

13th Century English Tune

Mirie it is while sumer ilast - Vocantus

13th century England

Alle Stamegne Donne - Micrologus

15 century Italy

Cantigas de Santa Maria: Madre de Deus · Micrologus · Patrizia Bovi

12th century Spain

These are authentic medieval songs played with medieval instruments and an attempt is made by the musicians to play as true to what medieval music would have sounded like as possible.

Ecci Mundi Gaudium - Mediaeval Baebes

14th century England

Paliatinalied

13th century German

Dou Way Robyn - Trio Medieval

15th century England

Je Vivroie Liement - Guillaum de Machau

13th century France

Medieval Folk

Peasants played music just as much as everyone else, so a lot of bands prefer to play in a folk style. However folk style band can be looser with what they class as medieval songs, often performing later traditional songs, which claim to be medieval.

Agnete og Havmanden - Virelai

13-15th century Denmark

Medieval Songs???

There are plenty of tunes that may be sound medieval, are claimed to be medieval but we just dont have the evidence to prove it, as there first attestation are from a later period

ai vist lo lop - hollóének hungarica

19th century Occitania

Catchy Instrumentals and Dances

Dances were a huge part of medieval society. This is a collection of some of the best.

Saltarello - Dead Can Dance

14th century Italy

Neo-Medieval Music

Medieval music played in a modern style, or medieval style songs written today.

In Taberna - The Craic Show

11-13th century Germany

Pseudo-Dark Age Music

Can't forget the current Dark Age music boom we are living in

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