Trouveres and Minnesingers (Clarinet Quartet)

A clarinet quartet and hand drum/tambourine arrangement of Trouveres and Minnesingers. This also needs a player to play tambourine and hand drum. This includes: 1. Summertime - Sommerlied von Neidhart · This is by Neidhart von Reuenthal (1190-1237), a famous German minnesinger. 2. Early Strolling At My Leisure - L'Autrier Par La Matinee · This piece was composed by Count Thibaut of Champagne (1201-1253), who was the first French king of Navarre and a Trouvere. 3. Minstrel Song - Minnelied · This is a melody from the Locheimer Leiderbuch. The Locheimer Leiderbuch is a collection of German songs fromt the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. A trouvère is a French troubadour. A minnesinger was a German lyric poet and song writer from about 12-14C who wrote of love.

Instrumentation: Clarinet Quartet: Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Bass Clarinet and Hand Drum/Tambourine

Composer: Count Thibaut, Neidhart von Reuenthal, Anon.

Arranger: Fiona Hickie