Each fall, The Merry Musicians serenade you all at Mooneschadowe’s Triumphe event—

This year we still wanted to share our music with you. For the last few months, we have each done recordings in our homes, using whatever instruments and whatever devices we have. These combined songs will hopefully bring a smile to your face, as you remember good times in the past when you’ve heard us playing, and also think on the good times in the future we will share.

So close your eyes for a moment and remember how good the breeze feels as the evening begins to cool, the many voices of friends talking, the smell of the first course of feast, and the sound of the instruments tuning up...

Stream Album from Bandcamp and/or Download CD Quality:
https://themerrymusicians.bandcamp.com/album/triumphe-eternia-music-from-the-merry-musicians

Stream Album as a YouTube Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd7eIXEBmGCfaIMAydKn5jwrrHrAZpekm

Liner Notes:

About The Merry Musicians

The Merry Musicians are a group of instrumental musicians practicing merrily in the Province of Mooneschadowe, and performing en masse and in support of other pits at events in Ansteorra. We play a wide variety of early music (dance, chamber, etc.), including a bit of singing. During this time of plague we are practicing via musica universalis— the harmony of the spheres— as we connect with old and new members, both near and distant, through Zoom.

Credits:

1. Goddesses—Opening (Playford, 1651) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Alto Recorder; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Hammered Dulcimer; Emma de Fetherstan: Soprano and Alto Recorder; Estrill Swet: Jingle; Gunhilda Adeleva Amberstar: Bodhran; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp; Walter Robin: Cello. 

2. Belle qui tiens ma vie (Arbeau, 1588) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Mandolin and Soprano Voice; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Bass Recorder and Soprano Voice; Emma de Fetherstan: Alto Recorder and Alto Voice; Estrill Swet: Triangle; Reis ap Tuder: Bass Vocal; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp and Tenor Vocal; Walter Robin: Soprano Recorder, Cello, and Bass Vocal.

3. Heart’s Ease (Playford, 1651) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Alto Recorder and Mandolin; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Hammered Dulcimer; Emma de Fetherstan: Soprano Recorder; Estrill Swet: Bodhran, Jingle; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp.

4. Duchess Rondalyn’s Pavan (1991) 
Emma de Fetherstan: Alto and Tenor Recorder; Karl Thorgeirsson: Drum; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp; Toinette de Cambrai: Piccolo.

5. Hole in the Wall (Playford, 1698) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Alto Recorder; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Hammered Dulcimer; Emma de Fetherstan: Tenor Recorder; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp; Walter Robin: Guitar.
 
6. Quen a omagen da Virgen (from Cantiga de Santa Maria, mid-13th century) 
Johannes von Olfen: Vocal; Rhiannon Redwulf: Small Harp and Jingle.

7. Nonesuch (Playford, 1651) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Violin; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Hammered Dulcimer; Gunhilda Adeleva Amberstar: Bodhran and Jingle; Johannes von Olfen: Alto Recorder; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp; Walter Robin: Soprano Recorder, Guitar.

8. Black Nag (Playford, 1670) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Violin; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Hammered Dulcimer; Emma de Fetherstan: Soprano and Alto Recorder; Estrill Swet: Bodhran; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp.

9. Tourdion (Arbeau 1589) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Alto Recorder; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Bass Recorder; Rhiannon Redwulf: Soprano Recorder, Harp, and Chime.

10. Nobilis Humilis – St. Magus Hymn (in Uppsala, University library MS. C 233, 13th century) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Voice on 1st and 2nd lines; Johannes von Olfen: Voice on 2nd line; Rhiannon Redwulf: Voice on 1st and 2nd lines.

11. Schiarazula Marazula (Giorgio Mainerio 1535-1582) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Violin; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Hammered Dulcimer; Estrill Swet: Jingle; Gunhilda Adeleva Amberstar: Dumbek; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp; Walter Robin: Violin, Soprano Recorder, Guitar.

12. Petit Vriens (Giovanni Ambrosio, 1450) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Alto Recorder; Elizabeth Browning Krause: Hammered Dulcimer; Estrill Swet: Bodhran; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp; Walter Robin: 12-String Guitar.

13. Uskadar (Turkish Folk-song) 
Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Alto Recorder and Mandolin; Estrill Swet: Dumbek; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp and Chime.

14. Goddesses—Reprise (Playford, 1651) 
Blaiddistaw ap Blaiddu: Crumhorn and Bassoon; Drífa Mjǫksiglanda: Violin; Rhiannon Redwulf: Harp and Jingle;

Production credits:

All the musicians used their own equipment: laptops, phones, tablets, earbuds, conferencing headphones, etc. The tracks were recorded using Garage Band, Audacity, Voice Memo, etc.  Mixing and mastering at Chateau Virago (Dallas) by Walter Robin with Reason 8.