Altramar medieval music ensemble

Altramar

Altramar

(Left to right: Angie, David, Jann, Chris.)

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Who we are
What it means
What we do
Our Label
Programs
Recent News
To reach us
Venues

Reviews
Calendar
Teaching
Graphics
Tour Tales
Online Resources
Fellow Travellers
WWW Tech Data

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Who we are

Altramar

What it means:

"Altramar," in the medieval language of Occitan, meant the lands "over the sea;" the place where Crusade and trade led to the rich cultural interchange of East and West.

What we do:

"Altramar shares historical repertoire as lived experience, weaving compelling performances out of the synthesis of song and story, voices and instruments."

More on historical performance

We record for:

Dorian

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Altramar Programs:

	St. Francis and the Minstrels of God (Release on Dorian Discovery Records)
Nova Stella: a medieval Italian Christmas (Dorian Discovery)
	Iberian Garden: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Spain (Volume I and II on Dorian Discovery, November 1997 and January 1998)
Crossroads of the Celts: Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany
		Fabulae Latinae: Tales in the Common Tongue
	The Eternal Hero: Legend, Grace and Glory

How to reach us:

(ph) 812/332-6402
(fax) 812/336-4371
(email) altramar@indiana.edu

Via the 'Net

Altramar Calendar

Altramar Recent News

Reviews:
What they say about us

Where we play and who we teach

Graphics and funny stuff

Promo shots, snapshots, manuscript illustrations, maps, album art, cartoons, etc. (Contains small thumbnails, but still takes a little while to load.)

Altramar Tour Tales
What a long strange trip it's been!

Lot of good people out there, some of whom are...

Altramar Fellow Travellers:

	Altramar's A-#1 Fellow Traveller --our Secret Weapon-- is dancer, luthier, choreographer, photographer, raconteur, and Minister of Hyperbole Tim Johnson.	Angie's early music radio program, syndicated nationally from WFIU, is Go here if you're interested in getting the show on your local NPR station.	Chris's African-jazz band is
The "Five Bitchin' Babes" of Bimbetta	Kim Pineda's Benevolent Order for Music of the Baroque (a/k/a B.O.M.B.)	Chris's Middle-Eastern band: TAARAB	The Early Music Institute at Indiana University

Online Resources:

Chris Smith's Topics in Music materials.	The Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum is a fantastic, searchable online database on Latin/medieval music topics.	A fine online newsgroup is rec.music.early.
The IU School of Music's list of online music resources		Online version of the Bayeux Tapestry
Definitely visit our buddies at Early Music America	And definitely don't forget to visit Dorian Records Group!	Yet another good newsgroup is alt.music.arabic.

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