TERRA COTTA
Track 8: Oy Comamos y Bebamos/Tourdion
(15th century Spanish/French) 4:49
Barry: recorders, stone fiddle, tuned doumbeks, cornetto and clay horn


stone fiddle

Listen to an excerpt of "Oy Comamos/Tourdion"

Well-crafted melodies are timeless. Here are a few from Renaissance Europe - a Spanish villancico and a French drinking song. The bass line is played on a series of doumbeks, or goblet drums, each tuned to a specific pitch.


clay recorders

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from the CD "TERRA COTTA" by The Burnt Earth Ensemble ©2005 all rights reserved