Recreation of a possible performance of the medieval poem, presenting the entire story using lengthy excerpts in Middle English interspersed by brief Modern English summaries. The "rhythms of the text interact dynamically in concord and tension with the rhythms of the music," performed on Gothic harp and vielle.
Playing time: 49' 24"
Performers:
Linda Marie Zaerr (narration), Laura Zaerr (Gothic harp), Shira
Kammen (vielle)
Recording site and date:
Unknown [2002 or prior];
Rel. 2002
Comments:
A production of TEAMS: The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle
Ages, & Chaucer Studio. Additional funding provided by The
National Endowment for the Humanities and Boise State University.
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Jorge Salazar