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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.
The Early Music Shop is an early music store specialising in the sale and distribution of reproduction Renaissance and medieval musical instruments, with two showrooms situated in Saltaire and Snape Maltings, United Kingdom. It was founded by Richard Wood in 1968 [1] and has become the largest supplier of early musical instruments worldwide. [2]
Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments". This article consists of a list of such instruments in the European tradition, including both instruments that are now obsolete and early versions of instruments that continued to be used in later classical music.
See Rotta for the medieval lyre, or Rote for the fiddle. During the 11th to 15th century A.D., rotte (German) or rota (Spanish) referred to a triangular psaltery illustrated in the hands of King David and played by jongleurs (popular musicians who might play the music of troubadours) and cytharistas (Latin word for a musician who plays string instruments).
The cythara is a wide group of stringed instruments of medieval and Renaissance Europe, including not only the lyre and harp but also necked, string instruments. [1] In fact, unless a medieval document gives an indication that it meant a necked instrument, then it likely was referring to a lyre.
The sale, which included over 600 lots of instruments, bows, and historical photographs, sold 100 percent of lots. [ 9 ] [ citation needed ] The October 2010 auction, which included the 1697 Molitor Stradivarius , was, at the time, the highest-grossing violin auction in history, with over $9 million in sales.
The shrew's fiddle was used in medieval Germany and Austria, where it was known as a Halsgeige, meaning "neck viola" [1] or "neck violin". [2] It was originally made out of two pieces of wood fitted with a hinge and a lock at the front. The shrew's fiddle had three holes: one was a large hole for the neck, and the other two were smaller holes ...
Pages in category "Medieval musical instruments" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.