Starting from a song in a manuscript, we’ll follow the steps that one might take to get it to be a performable piece. The example will be The Milde Lomb, from Arundel 248, circa 1250 A.D. The modern source being used is Musica Britannica Vol 95, Songs in British Sources c.1150-1300, edited by Helen Deeming.

This is a particularly florid piece as notated, so we will start by simplifying the tune, then add ornaments back in as the text and our whim dictates. This technique can be used on most medieval music. Class ends with teacher’s performance of the song.