History: Music

While not much is known about music from our period, we hope to include a short article here soon. For the moment, we recommend the following:

Articles

• Wikipedia article on the Winchester troper, which is a manuscript dating from c. 1000 AD and which contains some of the earliest written polyphonic music. The manuscript can be viewed online courtesy of the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge.
• Viking Age Music An article from the Viking Answer Lady.
• Music and verse in Anglo-Saxon and Viking times From Regia Anglorum.
• Re-creating the Jorvik Panpipes
• Ancient Instruments Listen to and buy recreations of ancient instruments.
• Anglo Saxon Music 500-1066 by Jessica Lovett of the University of Toronto.

Online recordings
Recording of a sheep bone flute from ancientmusic.co.uk

To buy
Schola Gregoriana of Canterbury Music for an Anglo-Saxon Easter
A CD of eleventh-century English liturgical music.
Schola Gregoriana Of Cambridge Christmas in Royal Anglo-Saxon Winchester (Amazon link)
Archaeologia Musica Sounds of the Viking Age
Cassette of six tenth- and eleventh-century secular tunes with accompanying notes. Published and produced by Archaeologia Musica, PO Box 92, Cambs. CB4 1PU