The League music

Latest revision as of 16:12, 19 February 2020

League songs are laced with innuendo and hidden meaning.

Style summary

The League is a combination of different cultures and its performance traditions reflect that. High art in all its forms, theatre and songs laced with innuendo and hidden meaning, characters who delight in cunning and trickery, flamboyance, opera and baroque/classical stylings accompanied by flutes, guitars, and even brass, themes of playfulness, loyalty and ingenuity. Low culture: comedy song, street magic, and clever rhyming, often poking fun at someone or something.

For the high art of the League, look to European and Spanish-influenced classical music, particularly Italian and German including arias, lieder, and classical instrumental music from Argentina. For low art concentrate on songs with the theme of deals, cunning, trickery, flamboyance, or loyalty and instrumental music with an Italian, Spanish, or Mariachi sound.

Commonly known songs

Songs about notable people/entities in the League

Marching to Victory - a song about Senator Cesare.
A Fool in a Crown - a comedy
The Night of a Thousand Torches - a song from Temeschwar
Holberg Wine - a tragedy
Reuben's Brethren - popular with the mercenary companies
Uncle Vyig - funny song about organised crime, very popular in Temeschwar, usually not sung in other League cities.

One for the kids

Tower Song - a silly round demonstrating League competitiveness.

Further examples

Songs

Treggajoran Wartha - song about rings and trickery
Say Gentle Ladies - medium difficulty Mozart aria. A lovely English language arrangement is available to buy here
Flower duet (Google it)
Lovely Joan - medium song with a moral
Tower Song - a funny round demonstrating League competitiveness.

Instrumentation and tunes

Recorders, flutes and whistles, classically played guitar or stringed instrument, violin, classical accordion.
Elizabethan recorder music which played on any classical instrument would be appropriate for The League.

Other performance traditions

Theatre and acting. There is a lot more information about this in The League brief, in particular the page on Troupes.

How to adapt your repertoire

For 'low culture' sing in a tongue in cheek way, have a game or a joke with your audience.
For 'high art' sing in an operatic way, up the drama! Have a listen to some Portuguese fado songs and copy the style.
When playing folk tunes, try to pick ones that are a bit classical or baroque sounding, a good example is The Gale by Susan Conger

Our sources

Italian or German opera, Argentinian tangos and other S. American accordion music (cf. The Oxford Concert Party), classical poetry, Portuguese/Brazilian fado songs, Alejandro Toledo & The Magic Tombolinos

Here is a youtube playlist of appropriate or inspiring music.

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-==The Music of The League==
+{{CaptionedImage|file=Uncle Pavi.jpg|align=right|caption=League songs are laced with innuendo and hidden meaning.|width=350}}
+==Style summary==
+The League is a combination of different cultures and its performance traditions reflect that. High art in all its forms, theatre and songs laced with innuendo and hidden meaning, characters who delight in cunning and trickery, flamboyance, opera and baroque/classical stylings accompanied by flutes, guitars, and even brass, themes of playfulness, loyalty and ingenuity. Low culture: comedy song, street magic, and clever rhyming, often poking fun at someone or something.
-===Style summary===
+For the high art of the League, look to European and Spanish-influenced classical music, particularly Italian and German including arias, lieder, and classical instrumental music from Argentina. For low art concentrate on songs with the theme of deals, cunning, trickery, flamboyance, or loyalty and instrumental music with an Italian, Spanish, or Mariachi sound.
+==Commonly known songs==
+===Songs about notable people/entities in the League===
+* [[Marching to Victory]] - a song about Senator Cesare.
+* [[A Fool in a Crown]] - a comedy
+* [[The Night of a Thousand Torches]] - a song from Temeschwar
+* [[Holberg Wine]] - a tragedy
+* [[Reuben's Brethren]] - popular with the mercenary companies
+* [[Uncle Vyig]] - funny song about organised crime, very popular in Temeschwar, usually not sung in other League cities.
-===Commonly known songs===
+===One for the kids===
-''Pick a few examples from the list below to specifically promote as well-known within that nation.''
+[[Tower Song]] - a silly round demonstrating League competitiveness.
-''Provide lyrics and score/chords.''
-''Preferably in a range of difficulties.''
-====A musical tradition====
+==Further examples==
-''Suggest how the music fits into the cultural behaviour in general (e.g. battle hakas, wassails).''
-====One for the kids====
+===Songs===
+* [[Treggajoran Wartha]] - song about rings and trickery
+* Say Gentle Ladies - medium difficulty Mozart aria. A lovely English language arrangement is available to buy [http://www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk/product/say-gentle-ladies/34923/357/ here]
+* Flower duet (Google it)
+* [[Lovely Joan]] - medium song with a moral
+* [[Tower Song]] - a funny round demonstrating League competitiveness.
-===Further examples===
+===Instrumentation and tunes===
-''More examples for keen bards.''
+* Recorders, flutes and whistles, classically played guitar or stringed instrument, violin, classical accordion.
+* [[Elizabethan recorder music]] which played on any classical instrument would be appropriate for The League.
-====Songs====
+===Other performance traditions===
+* Theatre and acting. There is a lot more information about this in [[The League]] brief, in particular the page on [[Troupes]].
-* [[Treggajoran Wartha]]
+==How to adapt your repertoire==
-* Say Gentle Ladies
+* For 'low culture' sing in a tongue in cheek way, have a game or a joke with your audience.
-* Flower duet?
+* For 'high art' sing in an operatic way, up the drama! Have a listen to some Portuguese fado songs and copy the style.
+* When playing folk tunes, try to pick ones that are a bit classical or baroque sounding, a good example is [http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1033 The Gale by Susan Conger]
-====Instrumentation====
+==Our sources==
+Italian or German opera, Argentinian tangos and other S. American accordion music (cf. The Oxford Concert Party), classical poetry, Portuguese/Brazilian fado songs, Alejandro Toledo & The Magic Tombolinos
+Here is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbO4k6ISHSk&list=PLD2322E5CDAD0AAD6&feature=plpp_play_all youtube playlist] of appropriate or inspiring music.
-====Other performance traditions====
+[[Category:League Music]]
-===How to adapt your repertoire===
-* Sing in a tongue in cheek way, have a game or a joke with your audience.
-===Our sources===
-''Credits, links to artists, further material etc.''
-[[Category:The League Music]]
-[[Category:The League]]
 [[Category:Music]]
+{{The League Links}}