The medieval concept of “courtly love” has remained over the centuries, evoking images of lavish royal courts and nobility jockeying for respect and status under the pretext of romance. Music and dance played a key role; here, the Ensemble Alcatraz performs 13th-century French and English love songs and dances to bring this ancient custom to life.
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The medieval concept of “courtly love” has remained over the centuries, evoking images of lavish royal courts and nobility jockeying for respect and status under the pretext of romance. Music and dance played a key role; here, the Ensemble Alcatraz performs 13th-century French and English love songs and dances to bring this ancient custom to life.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Peter Clancy
Recorded at Stewart Chapel, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, July 1989
Engineer: Jack Vad
Editing: Jack Vad on Studer Dyaxis
Editing assistant: Kit Higginson
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Design: John Heiden
Cover art: L’offrande du Coeur, tapestry, Arras, 15th c., Musée Cluny, Paris © Photo R.M.N.
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MUSICIANS
Ensemble Alcatraz
Susan Rode Morris, soprano
Cheryl Ann Fulton, medieval harps
Kit Higginson, recorders and psaltery
Shira Kammen, vielle and rebec
Peter Maund, percussion
Roy Whelden, vielle
