13 mixes taggedearly music

Music to accompany part 2 of A History of Classical Music through Recordings. Read more at http://musicisgood.org/2011/12/from-chant-to-polyphony/

Starts with instrumental music from medieval Spain, some Bach and some newer music, Blind Willie Johnson and Cat Power

Part 3 of A History of Classical Music through Recordings. See http://musicisgood.org/2012/02/troubadours-and-trouveres/ for more.

Part 5 of A History of Classical Music through Recordings, available at http://musicisgood.org/2012/05/the-13th-century-motet/.

Part 4 of A History of Classical Music through Recordings, which you can read at http://musicisgood.org/2012/03/troubadour-influences/. This selection covers the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Italian laudes, Minnesang, and the Carmina Burana.

I feel that most music has a lot more in common than one would expect.

music performed by Rolf Lislevand, Hopkinson Smith, Jordi Savall and others

religious and secular music from ancient and medieval China, India and Europe. with Bombay Jayashri, Boston Camerata and Jubilatores.

Nine tracks including music by Bach, Johann Sebastian, Claudio Monteverdi, and Guillaume de Machaut

9 tracks including music by Mauro Pagani, Harold Budd and Iona.

With the days getting shorter, as we head to the solstice, we celebrate holidays filled with light. Here's the soundtrack.

Eight tracks including music by Al Andaluz Project, Berkó, and Bulgaria.