Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages

Contents: Introduction; Part I Classifications and Lists of Instruments: Haut and bas: the grouping of musical instruments in the Middle Ages, Edmund A. Bowles; German musicians and their instruments: a 14th century account by Konrad of Megenberg, Christopher Page; Mains divers acors, Joscelyn Godwin; 15th century instruments in Tinctoris's De Inventionae et Usu Musicae, Anthony Baines; Some English consort-groupings of the late Middle Ages, Richard Rastall. Part II Keyboards: On the origin of the keyboard mechanism in the late Middle Ages, Edmund A. Bowles; Toward an identification of the chekker, Edwin M. Ripin; The capture of the chekker, David Kinsela; The Norrlanda organ and the Ghent altarpiece, Edwin M. Ripin. Part III Plucked Strings: The trecento harp, Howard Mayer Brown; 15th century tablatures for plucked instruments: a summary, a revision and a suggestion, David Fallows; The 15th century lute: new and neglected sources, Christopher Page; The medieval gittern and citole: a case of mistaken identity, Laurence Wright. Part IV Bowed Strings: The trecento fiddle and its bridges, Howard Mayer Brown; Rebec, fiddle and crowd in England, Mary Remnant; Rebec, fiddle and crowd in England: some further observations, Mary Remnant; An aspect of medieval fiddle construction, Christopher Page; Vedel and geige - fiddle and viol. German string traditions in the 15th century, Keith Polk. Part V Winds: The Renaissance slide trumpet: fact or fiction?, Peter Downey; Slide trumpet madness: fact or fiction?, Herbert W. Myers; The trombone, the slide trumpet and the ensemble tradition of the early Renaissance, Keith Polk; The trompette des menestrels in the 15th-century alta capella, Ross W. Duffin; Misleading iconography: the case of the 'Adimari Wedding Cassone', Timothy J. McGee; Backward bells and barrel bells: some notes on the early history of loud instruments, Ross W. Duffin. Part VI Repertory: On 'instrumental style' in early melody, Lloyd Hibberd; Instruments and th