Music in Delftwood

photo by Lady Barbary Rose


 		We at Manor de Blair do so enjoy music! It gives us great pleasure to play upon the pipes and strings with our good friends in Delftwood. Should any gentle wish to join our merrie band, know that you are most heartily welcome! Some of us sight read well, others of us play almost enirely by ear. All levels of experience are welcome!!.

Here you will find the music that we usually use for dancing in Delftwood. Most of the Delftwood versions are adapted from other arrangements, most of which are of Scadian origin. The PDF links will take you to the sheet music that we keep in our Delftwood music binders. The (PDF) links will take you to the original arrangements without our modifications.

For the Delftwood versions, we have added guitar chording and on a few tunes, we have made small adjustments to the setting. For most tunes, we have selected a few measures as an introduction. Immediately after the introduction, you will find a large arrow to help guide the eye back to the main section when repeating the tune. We have reformatted the pages to keep the staff sizes and page margins more consistant, and we have tried to place line breaks between music phrases when possible.

Most of the arrangements that we either adopted or adapted were found on the SCA Dance Music Database. An asterix* marks those that are currently most popular within the barony.


Dance Music Files


 Title
Period source
 Arrangement notes
 updated
1.
 Ballo del Fiore
 PDF Nobilita
 Arr. Elsbeth Ann Roth (PDF). We play directly from this PDF version. 02/23/07
2.
 Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie
 PDF
 Arbeau
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF)
 02/23/07
3.
 Black Almayn
 PDF Inns of Court
 Arr. by Robert Stockton (PDF) - We modified the setting slightly.
 02/23/07
4.
 Black Nag
 PDF * Playford
 Arr. by Robert Stockton (PDF) 02/23/07
5.
 Bransle d'Ecosse
 PDF Arbeau
 Arr. Joseph Casazza (PDF). We play directly from this PDF version.
 02/23/07
6.
 Bransle de la Montarde
 PDF Arbeau
 Arr. Steven Hendricks (PDF)
 02/23/07
7.
 Candlestick Bransle PDF Arbeau
 Arr. by Alaric MacConnal (PDF)
 02/23/07
8.
 Charlotte Bransle PDF Arbeau
 Arr. by Arianna of Wynthorpe (PDF)
 02/23/07
9.
 Clog Bransle PDF Arbeau
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF) and Geoffrey of Exeter (PDF). We combined selected parts from both arrangements. 02/23/07
10.
 Earl of Salbury Pavane
 PDF Byrd, Parthenia
 Transcribed by Alaric MacConnal (PDF)
 02/23/07
11.
 Gathering Peascods
 PDF * Playford
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF) 02/23/07
12.
 Heart's Ease
 PDF * Playford
 Arr. by Elsbeth Ann Roth (PDF)
 02/23/07
13.
 Hole in the Wall
 PDF * Playford
 from Piper's Fancy (Magnamusic Distributors Inc., SP02327)
 02/23/07
14.
 Horses' Bransle
 PDF * Arbeau
 Arr. by Monica Cellio (PDF)
 02/23/07
15.
 Jenny Pluck Pears
 PDF Playford
 Arr. by Robert Stockton (PDF) 02/23/07
16.
 Juice of the Barley
 PDF Playford
 Arr. by Alaric MacConnal (PDF) 02/23/07
17.
 Korobushka
 PDF * ---
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF). This 19th-century Russian folk tune was brought to the US by Ukrainian immigrants and an accompanying dance became popular in the US in the 1940's. 02/23/07
18.
 Maltese Bransle/
Schiarazula Marazula
 PDF * Mainerio Arr. by Arianna of Wynthorpe (PDF)
Note: this dance is an SCA invention to the tune "Schiarazula Marzula" that appears in Giorgio Mainerio's Il Primo Libro di Balli, 1578. Often called the Maltese Bransle in the SCA, it should not be confused with a different Maltese Bransle dance and tune from Arbeau's Orchesographie.
 02/23/07
19.
 Official Bransle
 PDF Arbeau
 We are working on finding a multi-part setting we don't hate to play. In the meantime, Alheydis usually plays the melody in G On the hammered dulcimer and everyone else accompanies by ear.
 02/23/07
20.
 Petit Vriens
 PDF * Ambrosio
 Arr. by Monica Cellio (PDF) 02/23/07
21.
 Quen Quer Que
 PDF * Cantigas
 Transcribed by Al Cofrin (PDF)
 02/23/07
22.
 Rufty Tufty
 PDF * Playford
 from Piper's Fancy (Magnamusic Distributors Inc., SP02327) 02/23/07
23.
 Sellinger's Round
 PDF Byrd, FitzWilliam
 Arr. by Alaric MacConnal (PDF) 02/23/07
24.
 Maanschaft Pavane
 PDF ---
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF). This tune appears in the movie Hevry VIII (1972), and is based in part upon a tune called "Turkelone," which is documented in late 16th-century lute books. 02/23/07
25.
 Pease Bransle
 PDF Arbeau
 Arr. by Arianna of Wynthorpe (PDF) 02/23/07
26.
 Strip the Willow
 PDF ---
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF). The dance called "strip the Willow" is a traditional Scottish dance. I don't know the origin of the music presented here. The sheet music suggests using this tune to accompany the "Trenchmore" dance that appears, with different music, in Playford.
 02/23/07
27.
 Tangle Bransle
 PDF Attaingnant
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF) 02/23/07
28.
 War Bransle
 PDF Arbeau
 Arr.by Phaedria d'Aurillac (PDF) 02/23/07