Carmina Carolingiana, songs from the time of Charlemagne - Ensemble Ligeriana Dir. Katia Caré

Ensemble: Ligeriana Dir. Katia Caré Album: Carmina Carolingiana: Chants Épiques Au Temps De Charlemagne Video: Utrech Psalter, IX cent. • This is a collection of poetic works from the IX and the X cent. and they recall events connected with the Carolingian Empire: the lamentation upon the death of the King, the battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, the ransacking of the abbey of Saint Florent and the Emperor’s passion for the poets of Roman antiquity, Boetius, Horace, Virgil... There are precious few traces left on this repertoire which testifies to the taste of imperial courts for poetry and the arts. The pieces recorded in this anthology are among the very few that have kept their musical notation, a mere set of neumes written above the pieces recorded in this anthology are among the very few that have kept their musical notation, a mere set of neumes written above the word. I made this video with drawings from the 9th century Utrecht psalter, one of the many beautiful Carolingian manuscripts. I wish you happy listening! Mirko Virginio Volpe MUSICA MEDIEVALE • Cantus 1: Versus de bella que fuit acta Fontaneto - Angilbert Cantus 2: Versus Paulini de Herico Duce - Paulinus II of Aquileia Cantus 3: Versiculi de eversione monasterii S. Florentii - Létald Cantus 4: Planctus Ugoni abbatis - Anonymous Cantus 5: Incipit Planctus Karoli - Anonymous Cantus 6: Versus Godiscalchi - Gottschalk of Orbais Cantus 7: O stelliferi conditor orbis - Boethius • Estelle Boisnard: voice & reed flutes Carole Matras: voice Katia Caré: voice & horn recorder Pierre Bourhis: voice Guillaume Édé: voice Jean-Lou Descamps: epic chant, lyre and bowed lyre, Merovingian citole Christophe Tellart: organistrum, lyre & psalmody Artistice direction & recording: Jean-Marc Laisné Recorded in the royal abbey of Fontevraud in October 2012. • Buy: 🌻 The monetization of this channel is disabled to offer the highest possible listening quality. Please support the channel with a free donation: or • #MedievalMusic #MusicaMedievale #KarolusMagnus #Charlemagne