A Mournful Tune

Since I finally figured out how to upload videos on our blog, I thought I would post a short series that I wanted to post last summer. I actually found that saving them as an mpeg2 file makes the uploading go even faster, so here we go!

These were all taken at the sixtieth birthday party of our music coach, Terry Prohaska. This one is "The Earle of Salisbury", an old Renaissance dance tune. It is one of Terry's favorites, though I'm not quite sure what it signifies because it seems like every other song we play is one of his favorites! It does take a little time to get accustomed to Renaissance music, Terry says this one sounds like a dirge! Unfortunately the camera does not pick up the richness of the tune, but if you have good speakers take the time to connect them to your computer!

~ Janna Rae

P.S. We have a really good one coming up for our Australian friends!