Kalenda Maya, best version ever - Musica Reservata, dir. Michael Morrow

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Ensemble: Musica Reservata, dir. Michael Morrow
Album: Medieval Music and Songs of the Troubadours
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Obviously no one knows or will ever know precisely how it sounded, medieval music that arrived to our days, for real back then. However from the manuscripts we can discover a lot: we've got the notes, poems, illuminations of the instruments... We just lack of the rests and tempo. So why then this version ought to be more accurate than others?

Kalenda maya is an estampida attributed to Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, an Occitan troubadour who lived most of his life in northern Italy. In his "vida" (biography) it is reported that the troubadour added the words to a melody he heard performed at court by two jesters in Italy.
Kalenda Maya's melody became so popular that various counterfeits were made of it over time, the most famous is "Souvent Souspire". These songs were played in the squares and in the palaces by jesters and minstrels who went around the countryside, taverns, towns and cities and when they discovered a very beautiful song in a country, they carried it around and by spreading it the song became popular. This also happened in the days of our grandparents when, returning from wars or simply from the military service, they brought back many new songs learned from other people from other regions which then, when time passed were added to the repertoire of the "traditional" songs.
The best way to fill the gaps in interpretation of profane and secular medieval music - about sacred and Gregorian music is a whole other story - is through popular music.
In fact, popular folk music comes directly from medieval music, they were and are handed down in the same way, transmitted orally as traditional or with some sketched melody, written assuming that those who read it will know how to interpret it.
David Munrow was a great researcher and musicologist, his research led him to carefully study medieval music and how to perform it during years when few were interested in it.
So here it is Michael Morrow's version of Kalenda Maya whose title means "May Day", a reference to the May and Spring country festivals.
You will understand yourself that the interpretation of such a piece certainly cannot be orchestral, academic or perhaps recorded in a church.
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