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We are a music history podcast ranking classical composers from the 9th century to the present

  1. 2. Tuotilo

    13/10/2024

    2. Tuotilo

    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. =============================== ALBUM LINKS Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard - Music and Poetry in St Gallen https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Gallen-Ensemble-Gilles-Binchois/dp/B003H2E39M Ensemble Cantilena Antiqua, Stefano Albarello - Epos: Music of the Carolingian Era https://www.amazon.com/Epos-Music-Carolingian-Era-Anon/dp/B004O0S98C Don Nicola Bellinazzo, Schola Gregoriana Benedetto XVI - Gregorian Chant: Per Anni Circulum - Amazon.com Music https://www.amazon.com/Gregorian-Chant-Don-Nicola-Bellinazzo/dp/B01GPUM6UK ================================ FURTHER RESEARCH Farced Introits - Hodie Cantandus Est https://sicutincensum.wordpress.com/tag/introit/ Tuotilo’s Compositional Style (Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor) http://www.toddtarantino.com/hum/kyriecunctipotens.html

    2h 22m
  2. 1b. Notker Balbulus

    01/09/2024

    1b. Notker Balbulus

    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!!! ============================ Disclosure: The first 20 minutes of this episode contains a total of seven minutes of AI generated voice content. This may land a bit controversially for some, so expect a meaningful discussion the matter in episode 3! ============================ LINKS Notker Balbulus: Sequnezen, Tropen & Gregorianischer Choral aud dem Kloster St. Gallen by Ordo Virtutum on Amazon Music https://www.amazon.com/Dilecte-Deo-Galle/dp/B004PUAGJG Chant Wars by Sequentia on Amazon Music https://www.amazon.com/Chant-Wars-Sequentia/dp/B001BKM150 Media vita in morte summus (attrib. to Notker Balbulus) (Responsorio, 9th century) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JVo9eKW3Os

    2h 13m
  3. 1a. Notker Balbulus

    01/09/2024

    1a. Notker Balbulus

    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! ===================== 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

    1h 14m

  4. 01/07/2024

    0d(2.2) From Convergence To Liturgence: The Birth of Western Classical Music Part 2.2 - Early Christian Chant

    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." ========================= LINKS "Two Time Slim" by Patch & The Toonsnangs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Z_bYPT7F8 Oxyrhynchus Hymn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDUAVMjmktc Phos Hilaron In Greek (original) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJcBgcHkdac&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=45 Phos Hilaron in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=618jSKxAdzg&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=46 Byzantine Hymn - Δεύτε λαοί https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q8i0CYs-CM Ambrosian chant - Ecce apertum est Templum tabernaculi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUxaISuk50&list=PLoth48xsiR7_3ti-wboND6p7z491G5CoA Chant des Gaules - Alleluia Music of the Ancient World - Early Music - From Ancient Times To The Renaissance Album Link https://youtu.be/YPT1lsUsmxk?list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&t=3422 Reconstructing the Songs of Boethius | Restoring Lost Songs: Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy https://boethius.mus.cam.ac.uk/reconstructing-songs-boethius Ensemble Sequentia Reconstructing the Songs of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-tALWHHUaE&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=47 Office des lectures: Officium "Alleluia, ortus conclusus" (Mozarabic Alleluia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Khr76M5j0w&list=OLAK5uy_kZdH4-DvH173dr3QjJjWBD3-AgkXJLEjQ&index=2 Hymnus Peregrinorum: Compostela, Dum Pater Familias (Lyric Video) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE96AgZZn90

    2h 37m

  5. 08/06/2024

    0d(2.1) From Convergence To Liturgence: The Birth of Western Classical Music Part 2.1 - Music In Ancient Rome

    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! ============================== 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 https://www.amazon.com/Synaulia-Music-Ancient-Rome-Instruments/dp/B00000DMKM Synaulia - Music from Ancient Rome, Vol. 2: String Instruments - Amazon.com Music https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Nicoletta-Gervasi/dp/B000077SX2 Play Festina Lente by Ludi Scaenici on Amazon Music https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0CQPQ3734 Amazon.com: Musique de l'antiquité grecque : Ensemble Kérylos feat. Annie Bélis: Digital Music https://www.amazon.com/Musique-lantiquit%C3%A9-grecque-Ensemble-K%C3%A9rylos/dp/B083Q49HV5

    1h 13m

  6. 05/05/2024

    0d(1) From Convergence To Liturgence: The Birth of Western Classical Music Part 1 - The Parent Strains

    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. ;-) ==================== EARLY NOTATION LINKS What do we know about the oldest found melody? - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/91048/what-do-we-know-about-the-oldest-found-melody The World's Oldest Surviving Music from circa 1950 BC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAPC1tG2BKY&themeRefresh=1 (PDF) A Musical and Mathematical Context for CBS 1766 | leon crickmore - Academia.edu https://www.academia.edu/1618638/A_Musical_and_Mathematical_Context_for_CBS_1766 The Oldest Known Melody (Hurrian Hymn no.6 - c.1400 B.C.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpxN2VXPMLc&themeRefresh=1 History's Oldest Song Modernized for 2020 (Samurai Guitarist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHGB8dS1OsI&themeRefresh=1 =========================== ANCIENT HEBREW MUSIC LINKS The Origins of the Israelites: Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ao1i7LokM&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=6 The Pagan Origins of Judaism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZECezMYug8c&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=4&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB What Music might Moses have heard as a Child in Egypt? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At7jUZquUc0 King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiA86HI-GLU&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=12 Jerusalem Shofar at Sunrise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKQrBURDtQE The Sound of the Shofar calls us to worship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVHQdKLbTXw The original musical notes found in the Old Testament, played right before your eyes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh2KwEwaroc&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=19 The Original 3000 Year Old Melody of the Psalm 19 - Revealed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M86lEfmVsEY&t=30s Chanticleer - Psalms 23:1-6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOZ3SjHIUzw Lost Melodies - Hebrew Chanting - Psalm 95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEfF8fr5stY Choral singing in ancient Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06rIvIBoNfM Trio Mandili - Psalm 50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcbKoY7XpJE Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes, Op. 17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiocuaABrWc ========================== ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC LINKS "Minoan" Lyre - Improvisation by Claudio Quadros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0GzWKUQAJU Minoan Theater - The Minoan Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe_RsPWIOro&t=6s Ancient Minoan Civilization ("Creep" by Radiohead) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3d5x-MUT4 Hymn to Zeus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc109u7Zw8M&list=PLE619C0863B707DDD&index=4 Ancient Lyre - Kleopas : Hymn to muse Kalliope and Apollo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Hpyov3Tt8 Rediscovering Ancient Greek Music: A performance reconstructs the past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmuQBnNty8&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQMmujr06QeRwMZC3goRd0n&index=29 Cithara of the Golden Age - Michael Levy - Luthieros Music instruments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1itGJ8Zpc Ancient Lyre - Barbiton Lyre of Sappho - Barbiton Lyre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWLRqI9iM-E Roman water organ performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US50QmZaeyE Eminem straight up reciting the iliad of homer in ancient greek (video by @GavMac39) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubSwbyd0uI KANUN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-Xvzi2YAM Musique de la Grèce antique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1z0zaGDzlQ The Euripides Orestes Chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c2Ho9NvWY8

    2h 35m

  7. 20/04/2024

    0c(2) From Emergence To Convergence Part 2 - Indian & Chinese Classical Music

    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! =============================== 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 Rakesh Chaurasia - Classical Flute (Bansuri) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9cefe-xD04 King of Shehnai UStad Ameer Khan Meeroo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99kSqJZgMQ Harmonium/Shruti Box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jO_uHv4mH8&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QQD2X-QRTXBQJ1Ir8rx-al1&index=12 Jaltarang - Indian National Anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQQ6Qp-07TA Amazing Tabla Solo | Rimpa Siva | Farukhabad Gharana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2WseDHEPI 40 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJ5FMx86Qg Ravi Shankar - Monterey Pop 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk60ObnbIOk India's Beautiful Musical Traditions (Full Documentary) | Perspective - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcaW9uxk91E ============================== CHINESE CLASSICAL MUSIC LINKS Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng – Sounds of nature from 2,400 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6kXCZ_n80I Bianzhong: Performance on Traditional Chinese Bells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhcCSeRj2PU Qing - Chinese Stone Chimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKWqZLQDuKo Guqin Master Chen Leiji https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ZKN-H7at4 Chinese Folk Songs for Dizi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgqCr5D7ps "The Untamed" - Dizi Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecR6fCv7Ck4 Hu Jianbing sheng improvisation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5d9nID_9Nw Entrance Hymn for the Emperor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bilTiAwk18 Youlan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8IpKuy8NNU

    2h 32m

  8. 24/03/2024

    0c(1.3) From Emergence To Convergence Part 1.3 - Music In Ancient Egypt

    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. Michael Atherton: Truth, Balance, Order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WOSqH1Oig Michael Atherton: Atum - Creator Sun God] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WOSqH1Oig Academia.edu - de Vartavan - Egyptian Dictionary https://www.academia.edu/24283355/Vocalised_Dictionary_of_Ancient_Egyptian_PLEASE_DO_NOT_DOWNLOAD_THIS_OLDER_VERSION_OF_THE_DICTIONARY_UNLESS_NECESSARY_DOWNLOAD_THE_NEW_2022_VERSION_SEE_ABOVE_ON_ACADEMIA_EDU_ Neymar - Going Forth By Day https://nemuer.bandcamp.com/album/going-forth-by-day Egyptian Banquet Jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNs_BrnKNE&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QSgVhJr90aL7nDvEWmoREGr&index=26 Michael Atherton: Triumph of the Deceased https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdmpOjZzXUQ&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QSgVhJr90aL7nDvEWmoREGr&index=23 Ancient Egyptian Harp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmWXmn11YE&list=PLuFO87ncQ_QSgVhJr90aL7nDvEWmoREGr&index=24 "Hungarian" Scale - Double Harmonic Minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exHbyhwI_0 Egyptian Flute Improv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSIG7ekBlk Ney Flute, Oud, and Frame Drum Jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYQ_ol3L9Ag Douglas Irvine: Nenchefka's Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzTBNfQ7_GA

    1h 23m
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    Ranking Classical Composers
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    2023 - 2024
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