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  2. Thumbscrew (torture) - Wikipedia

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    The thumbscrew is a torture instrument which was first used in early modern Europe. It is a simple vise , sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces. Victims' thumbs, fingers, or toes were placed in the vice and slowly crushed.

  3. Medieval music - Wikipedia

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    Medieval music encompasses the sacred and secular music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, [1] from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. It is the first and longest major era of Western classical music and is followed by the Renaissance music; the two eras comprise what musicologists generally term as early music, preceding the common practice period.

  4. List of European medieval musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of medieval musical instruments used in European music during the Medieval period. It covers the period from before 1150 to 1400 A.D. There may be some overlap with Renaissance musical instruments; Renaissance music begins in the 15th century. The list mainly covers Western Europe.

  5. Corpus mensurabilis musicae - Wikipedia

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    The Corpus mensurabilis musicae (CMM) is a collected print edition of most of the sacred and secular vocal music of the late medieval and Renaissance period in western music history, with an emphasis on the central Franco-Flemish and Italian repertories.

  6. Guido of Arezzo - Wikipedia

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    Guido of Arezzo (Italian: Guido d'Arezzo; [n 1] c. 991–992 – after 1033) was an Italian music theorist and pedagogue of High medieval music.A Benedictine monk, he is regarded as the inventor—or by some, developer—of the modern staff notation that had a massive influence on the development of Western musical notation and practice.

  7. Music in Medieval England - Wikipedia

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    A medieval carving of a symphonia player from Beverley Minster. Music in Medieval England, from the end of Roman rule in the fifth century until the Reformation in the sixteenth century, was a diverse and rich culture, including sacred and secular music and ranging from the popular to the elite.

  8. Who is Shaboozey, the 'Tipsy' singer up for best new artist ...

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    He is also nominated for best melodic rap performance for his feature on Beyoncé's song "Spaghettii" along with country music pioneer Linda Martell. Shaboozey performs at the Basement East in ...

  9. Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music - Wikipedia

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    It is founded on a digital archive of images of European medieval and early to high-Renaissance polyphonic music ranging from complete manuscripts to fragments. [4] The collection, created by the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway University of London , [ 5 ] includes metadata for all manuscripts from 800 to 1550 A.D., and most of those ...