I realise this is a tad niche but I’ve just had Radio 3 on and I found that Tielman Susatoin 1543, founded the first music publishing house using movable music type in the Low Countries. He could be found in Antwerp, “At the Sign of the Crumhorn.”
So I’ve had some rousing early music to listen to, we all need a little crumhorn in our lives.
Susato in.
“Need” is perhaps stretching it a little, David đ
For a lot of people, and I’m not saying I’m one of them, the Sign of the Crumhorn would be the same as this one:
‘Klansman surprised by crumhorn solo’
-2022, oil on canvas (also available as NFT)
Oh, you know your audience.
I have a number of thoughts here. Which I will mercifully not share.
Don’t tell me. One of those thoughts was ‘Isn’t that Sophie Matthews? You know, she of GreenMatthews. Wasn’t she playing a baroque musette last time I saw her?’
The last person I saw playing the musette was Amanda Babington.
You may enjoy this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001cygs?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
I’m more of a cornemuse man myself.
Thanks Hubert! That is wonderful. In fact. the show looks like it could become a favourite.
I love the description of the musette as a more delicate and refined version of the bagpipes. Those bagpipes are a rowdy bunch of bampots and no mistake!
Crumbs, Hubert! I was delighted to see this new thread of yours.
Guaranteed to earn you a hamper, if I have anything to do with it!
I discovered this very entertaining piece about the history of the crumhorn.
https://earlymusicmuse.com/crumhorn-short-history/
The stuff I didn’t know! Crumhorns were featured in Dr Who and the Silurians to create an unusual soundscape and to create a leitmotif for the Silurians!
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians
That Early Music Muse site is so excellent that I am going to treat you all to one more article.
A Brief History of Farting in Early Music & Literature.
https://earlymusicmuse.com/a-brief-history-of-farting/
Enjoy! If that is the best word.
An old friend likened the sound of the crumhorn to a tuned fart so the last article is particularly apt.
I must get my crumhorns back
The Silurians are notorious for their flatulence when in human form. So a better instrument could not have been chosen for their leitmotif.
No crumhorn thread is complete without this masterpiece from David Munrow and heavy friends
In 1969 there seemed to be a lot of medieval instruments on the TV, and as I nine year old, I lapped it up as the crumhorns, racketts and shawms were so much more fun than modern orchestral instruments – attractively silly. Ditto Switched on Bach
All crumhorn posts eventually lead to the âcrumhorn problemâ, as described by Ashley Hutchings. Aka Philip Pickett, the master of crumhorn, shawms and racketts for the Albion Band, still serving under her majestyâs (his??) pleasure for sexual assaults on his music pupils over the years. Bad man, can play a bit= that much discussed conundrum.
Fol-de-rol diddly-die-day.
“…I’m not a tourist”
It appears that the 3rd of this month was International Crumhorn Day, how could we have missed it.
The cat doesn’t seem pleased.
Why is he outdoors? Does no bugger want him at home, by any chance?
Crumhorn needs to said in a Professor Heinz Wolff voice.
That Great Bass Crumhorn is mighty funky.
From the same channel here is a bit of dudelsack and other delights.
Check out the piper’s magnificent pixie shoes!
They are performing at a medieval market. Interesting to see that they have those in Germany.
The Middle Ages are alive and well here in Sweden, particularly during the Medieval Week at Visby on Gotland.
Great for tourism. Great for the Crumhorn Community!
He’s outdoors because this is a non-chemical pest-control mechanism, part of a comprehensive re-wilding strategy.
I believe the crumhorn player is classified as a ‘predatory organism’, though this chap seems nice enough.
This thread could turn out to be one of AWs greatest – i chortled all the way through (even the the straight bits). And yet no mention of Gryphon? Well until
I just said that.
I saw a video of someone playing two crumhorns at once a lĂ Rahsaan Roland Kirk alas it is only on the International Crumhorn Day Facebook page so I’m unable to share it.
Trust me it’s marvellous.
Rip, Rig and Picnic.
I played XTCâs wondrous âGreen Manâ earlier, and I think there may be traces of crumhorn in the almost Morse code-like intro to it, before the orchestra and band kick in.
That’s a synthesizer, surely. I’m pretty much the DX7 has a crumhorn setting.
Really? Oh, then I need a DX-7 to add to the Mellotron in my fantasy keyboard rack, as well as an ARP Pro Soloist. So many things in life would probably benefit from a crumhorn setting.
Andy P has said about how much of Apple Venus was based on a load of looped orchestral samples heâd bought; Mike Battâs orchestral arrangements faithfully recreated them. Some of Wasp Star – e.g Weâre All Lightâs drums – was a right old mixture of samples, Prairie Prince and Chuck Szabo.
“So many things in life would probably benefit from a crumhorn setting.” – yes, my doorbell for example.
I really must get a t-shirt done of your âCrumhornâ quote. I have the artworkâŠ
Always nice to see my outpourings all over someone’s chest.
…..aaaaaand I’ve gone too far.
No, no, itâs fine. Donât worry!
*You’re so understanding GC; he’ll really appreciate that, even though he’s clearly too proud/embarrassed to say so at the moment*
Never mind the cowbell!
More crumhorn!!
Iâve not got anything to say about crumhorns (possibly unfortunately) but the photo of the cd in the o.p took me back a few years. Thatâs a Naxos cd. We used to sell loads of those in the enormo-store I worked in. A really popular range of , without being sniffy, budget classical cds.
Iâve got a few, and bought loads for my late mum. I think JQW of this parish knows a lot about them.
I’ve got dozens of their titles. I even acquired a 30 CD set of Early Music recordings during lockdown. That CD isn’t in the set, but there’s several others containing similar sounds, together with a lot of choral music.
They’re no-longer a budget label, at least for CDs, but their lossless downloads are reasonably cheap from the likes of Presto Music. Their catalogue is huge, with many new releases each month, mostly from somewhat obscure composers, although they still put out new recordings of more familiar works. They also have a subsidiary label, Grand Piano, dedicated just to lesser heard piano music.
They also give away a free full album download per month to anyone who signs up to their mailing list.
Thanks @jqw
Iâm now fully informed!