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Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-Modern Studies, University of Galway.
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The piece is the "Quinte estampie real" from the Chansonnier du Roi (Paris, BnF, Fr. 844) played on a set of medieval bagpipes made by Gabriel Desbiolles. The use of the feet to beat the rhythm is based on a technique practiced to this day by traditional pipers in central France.
March 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here is a video of one of the highlights of yesterday’s CAMPS Lab: Jacopo Bisagni @galwayclassics.bsky.social is playing medieval bagpipes in a demonstration accompanying Simone Marcenaro’s paper ‘Poetry in Music: Medieval Troubadour Songs, From Manuscripts to Performance’
March 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM