The Newberry Consort

Biography

The Newberry Consort, an early-music, original-instrument chamber ensemble, is a constituent of the Newberry Library's Center for Public Programs. The Consort brings early music to the general public through performances, recordings, and related educational activities. The Consort draws on the Library's holdings in the music of the thirteenth through seventeenth centuries, using original sources and scholarly editions as the bases for its performances.

Popular Songs

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  Ay que si, ay que no

  Ay Amor ! Sapnish 17h c. Songs & Theatre Music

  80 BPM
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  Ligiadra donna

  Music for a medieval banquet

  142 BPM
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  Sleepe, Sleepe, Faire Virgin

  Musick For Severall Friends

  176 BPM
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  Stay, O Stay

  Musick For Severall Friends

  75 BPM
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  Ich lobe ein wip

  Wanderers' Voices: Medieval Cantigas & Minnesang (The Newberry Consort feat. conductor: Mary Springfels, countertenor: Drew Minter)

  68 BPM

Discography

Villon to Rabelais - 16th Century Music of the Streets, Theatres, and Courts

1999

Music for a medieval banquet

1993

Wanderers' Voices: Medieval Cantigas & Minnesang (The Newberry Consort feat. conductor: Mary Springfels, countertenor: Drew Minter)

1993

Ay Amor ! Sapnish 17h c. Songs & Theatre Music

1990

Musick For Severall Friends

1989