Description
In 1565, Georg Forster, a renowned physician and music enthusiast, published the second volume of his extensive collection of German folk songs. This edition, based on the fourth edition of “Georg Forster Liederbuch – Band 2” from Nuremberg 1565, combines traditional songs with newly added pieces and provides a fascinating insight into the bourgeois musical culture of the early 16th century.
Historical context and diverse content
In addition to his profession as a doctor, Georg Forster was a music lover, librettist, composer, collector, arranger and editor all rolled into one. His five extensive collections of tenor and folk songs are a lasting document of bourgeois musical culture in the early 16th century.
“The other themls / many short ones
fresh german song
very funny to sing
With several new / songs added …”
The fourth edition of “Georg Forster Liederbuch – Band 2” comprises a wide range of songs, including carousel, hunting and rogue songs, Buhl, love and court songs, St. Martin’s songs and erotic songs. With illustrations by Martina Sirtl based on historical models, this songbook is a visual and auditory experience.
Musical diversity for vocals and instruments
Although Forster does not add ‘… auff allerley Instrumenten zu brauchen’ in the title of this edition, but explicitly emphasizes ‘… zu singen …’, the addition of instruments, preferably instruments of the time such as flutes, crumhorns, cornamuses, dulcians, pomeranians and shawms, lutes, guitars and viols is certainly to be recommended. Every combination from purely vocal to purely instrumental has its charms.
This flexibility allows you with “Georg Forster Liederbuch – Band 2” to interpret the music either traditionally vocally or with a rich selection of Renaissance instruments, which enables an individual and authentic musical experience.
Complete collection of songs to experience and perform
The edition “Georg Forster Liederbuch – Band 2” is based on “Des andern theyls … Teutscher Liedlein …” in the fourth edition, Nuremberg, 1565, whereby the partbooks for ‘Discantus’, ‘Altus’, ‘Tenor’ and ‘Bassus’ were combined in score for today’s use.
Turn your music into a journey through time
If you appreciate an authentic performance of medieval music and would like to enrich your repertoire with rare and historically significant songs, then “Georg Forster Liederbuch – Band 2” is just the thing for you. This carefully compiled collection offers not only a chance to discover and perform historical music, but also the opportunity to expand your musical understanding and performance practice. Order now and bring the fascinating world of Renaissance music into your home or ensemble!
