Trobár Talks

Trobár - Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, Karin Weston

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The members of medieval music ensemble Trobár talk all things medieval.

10/14/2024

Charlotte Cooper-Davis on Christine de Pizan!

In anticipation of our Oct 25-26 shows A Room of Her Own: Christine’s Defense of Women (tickets available here), Allison and Elena speak about our favorite groundbreaking medieval writer with scholar Charlotte Cooper-Davis. Find links to both her introductory book, Christine de Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy, and her scholarly tome, Christine de Pizan, Empowering Women in Text and Image, at her website. Also: Our first album Il dit/Elle dit is available for purchase!! Check out Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

1h 10m
10/06/2024

Pilot Episode Re-Release! Christine and The Book of the City of Ladies

We are re-releasing our first ever podcast conversation in time for the return of one of our favorite programs, A Room of Her Own: Christine de Pizan's Defense of Women (coming to Cleveland October 25-26!). Founding members Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, and Karin Weston discuss Pizan's bold and ambitious defense of women in her masterpiece, The Book of the City of Ladies. We also take a closer look at some of the hair-raising, misogynistic texts that Christine so ably rebutted and explore how these themes affected the vocal music of Christine's day. More information about A Room of Her Own: Christine de Pizan's Defense of Women is available here, and you can reserve your seat today here! Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

1h 14m
12/16/2022

Trobár Reads: The Story of an Early Music Quartet

Join the trio for a romp through The Story of an Early Music Quartet, Sterling Jones's first-hand account of the rise and fall of the Studio der frühen Musik. The Studio helped set the standard for medieval music performance in the 1960s and influenced future generations of performers as founding members of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Historical Performance Department at Indiana University. The book is full of delightful anecdotes that paint a picture of an early music scene somewhat different from today's. Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

1h 4m
12/16/2022

Found in Translation with Robert Kehew

In this month's episode we interview award-winning playwright and poet Robert Kehew. Kehew was gracious enough to let us use some of the translations from his book Lark in the Morning: The Verses of the Troubadours, a Bilingual Edition, for our latest season program, Found in Translation 2.0. You can learn more about the book and even hear some live readings of their translations by Kehew and W. D. Snodgrass here, and here's a link to a talk given by Kehew at the Library of Congress shortly after his book was published. Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

58 min
12/16/2022

Let's Sing Chant with Conrad von Zabern

In this episode we take a tour through Conrad von Zabern's 15th c. treatise on singing chant, "De modo bene cantandi choralem cantum." Von Zabern's exhortations are entertaining and still relevant today! Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

52 min
12/16/2022

Ye Olde Yuletide Special

In this episode the trio explores Christmas traditions in medieval England, including feasting, decorating, knife throwing, caroling, and extra-special holiday treats (dried fruit and nuts disguised as entrails, anyone?) ***************************** Watch this space for performances by yours truly of seasonal music, including one of the carols discussed in the episode. ***************************** Relevant episodes of the History of English Podcast: The Birth of English Song ****** Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ****** Food for Thought ***************************** Relevant episodes of Tasting History: What Did Medieval Peasants Eat? ****** How to Make a Medieval Trencher Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

57 min
12/16/2022

the David McCormick episode

This month we chat with our friend and colleague, David McCormick. David is the Executive Director of Early Music America, the Artistic Director of Early Music Access Project, a beautiful vielle player, and an overall delightful human being. We get to hear all about how he came to early music, and what his hopes and dreams are for the field. Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

1h 3m
12/16/2022

Pizan's Pastourelle

In this episode we discuss the poetic pastourelle genre popular with 13th c. French trouvères, and read excerpts from Christine de Pizan's longer narrative pastourelle, the Dit de la pastoure (Tale of the Shepherdess). Medieval pastourelles all begin with the same setup: a knight encounters a shepherdess while he's out riding. The stories play out in a variety of ways, but there is a consistent undertone of potential sexual violence, which is often realized in the narrative conclusion. While the tale is typically told from the perspective of the knight, Christine gives the shepherdess narrative control. She's a fully fleshed out character, with a sense of purpose and with aspirations that are upended by her encounter with the knight. Due to the sensitive topic and brief graphic description of rape that comes up in our introduction to the genre, we've decided to classify this episode as explicit. Support the show Follow us on Facebook, and sign up to receive not-at-all-frequent email updates!

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The members of medieval music ensemble Trobár talk all things medieval.

Creator

Trobár - Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, Karin Weston
Years Active

2020 - 2024
Episodes

17
Rating

Explicit
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