Dressing Like a Medieval Musician

Опубликовано: 15 Июль 2026
на канале: Popula Urbanum
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This week we look at the medieval musician and how the guild militias employed musicians to play music for them on campaign. We also discuss how we built a new impression for our latest re-enactment event using our research of medieval musicians.

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Intro Music -Traubentritt
Provided by our good friends, Wayward

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

Nice summary page with some basics of medieval music

https://earlymusicmuse.com/medievalmu...



A slightly more in-depth outline of medieval music

http://www.ayton.id.au/gary/History/M...



Medieval music links page

http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/



A short description of the shawm in medieval music

https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/medie...



A book on my wish list; A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music; Early Music America: Performer's Guides to Early Music

Ross W. Duffin (Editor)

preview https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=z...



Pipe and Tabor historical information and links

http://www.pipeandtaborcompendium.co....



A discussion page about the use of music in a military setting through some of recorded history

https://history.stackexchange.com/que...


'For the Honour of the City' Utrecht City Minstrels between 1377 and 1528
Mariëlla Beukers



For a discussion of the urban militias:

https://theharniac.net/castellan/urba...



The Population of Fourteenth Century Ghent, by David M. Nicholas



Video about making hose and braies, similar to the method I used, by Hugo Banneret on YouTube. Please note, this creator made Bocksten style hose, while I made semi-joined hose, which are slightly diffferent.

   • Becoming a Knight Part One: Braies and Hose  



Link to Levin rehearsal playlist

   • Playlist  



The origin of the Town Waits, and the myth of the watchman-turned-musician, by Richard Rastall

http://www.townwaits.org.uk/essays/wa...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_(m...)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_(i...)


The galoubet:

https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/gro...


BNF Nouvelle acquisition française 5243 Guiron le Courtois, Folio 55r, Milan Italy, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1370-80, Milan, Italy

https://manuscriptminiatures.com/imag...


Manuscript miniatures search page

https://manuscriptminiatures.com/search


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Popula Urbanum is latin for people of the city. We are recreating the burgeoning middle classes in the 14th century.

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