Wold Meridian Early Music Publishing

25/10/2025

Join Alastair and Nicky of ‘Ageland’ for some Medieval vibes tomorrow (Sunday) in Governors House 1pm to 3pm. Beautiful renaissance live music, tea, cake and coziness. Verily we await you for a perfect Sunday afternoon

22/10/2025

At Wold Meridian Publications, we aim to make playing Early Music as approachable as possible. That is why with our volumes Chording to the Dance Master (Full Score) and Chording to the Consort (Full Score) we have provided YouTube videos for each line of each piece, so that peaople who are a little unsure about playing inner harmony lines can have some help.

This video is a companion to pieces by Praetorius that appear in the publication Chording to the Consort (available from Amazon and to download from Sheet Music Plus). It is designed to help players learn the harmony lines to the pieces, and to play them with confidence.

You will hear the Alto line 2 on its own with chords and percussion, with the melody line added on repeats. The final repeat includes the other harmony lines, but the alto line is panned separately in the stereo mix. The performance starts with a percussion beat introduction to set the tempo. I hope this video is helpful.

19/10/2025

Harmony of the Middle Ages is a collection of Mediaeval Polyphonic pieces for performers, and includes lyrics for those who wish to sing. Here is some interesting counterpoint from Machaut, the undoubtedly master of this era.

17/10/2025

Music From the Age of Humanism bridges the gap between the Mediaeval and Renaissance music, and gets us up to the very first music to be printed. This is a rather nice example of something from that pioneering edition

09/10/2025

This appears in Chording to the Dance Masters which is available from Amazon or to download from Sheet Music Direct or Sheet Music Plus. The original version was melody line alone with chords, but the full score version has the four parts that appeared in the 1552 publication. There are additional videos on YouTube that feature the Alto, Tenor and Bass lines so they are easier to learn, but this is the original video I made with some background information.

01/04/2025

Very pleased to be asked to demonstrate instruments of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Period at Huttoft Primary School nearby in Lincolnshire. Highly appropriate timeline to play in front of, which made the talk a bit easier. Hopefully some of those that were the same age as myself when I first got in to Early Music might be similarly inspired.

29/11/2024

Here's a gift idea: introduce a friend to renaissance music with Chording to the Dance Masters or Chording to the Consort. These original volumes contain some of the most popular melodies of this era with chords derived from from the harmony lines as published in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
They make ideal presents for instrumentalists who read in the treble clef, or those wishing to play on keyboards. It broadens the pallette for folk musicians and classical players so that they can evoke the sounds of another age. Both books are supported with historical notes and accompanying YouTube videos for each tune in the books, and can be ordered in Print from Amazon or as downloads from Sheet Music Direct or Sheet Music Plus.
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Chording to the Dance Masters - Melody and chords for 44 Renaissance Dance Consort pieces (The Wold Meridian Mediaeval and Renaissance Performer's Library)

25/11/2024

Quite a few people purchased this on the course From Page to Performance at Halsway Manor, and indeed we enjoyed giving a performance of Sing We. It's available in print from Amazon or can be downloaded from Sheet Music Direct and Sheet Music Plus.

A new edition of ten carols in two, three and four parts taken from manuscrips and publications from 1350 -1610 from European sources Contents 1 Nowell Sing We 2 Puer Natus in Bethlehem 3 E la Don Don 4 There is No Rose 5 Make We Joy 6 In Dulci Jubilo 7 Nowel - Out of Your Sleep Arise 8 Riu, Riu,...