The League music

The Music of The League

Style summary

The League is a combination of different cultures and its performance traditions reflect that. High art (opera, masked theatre, courtly dance) combines with low culture (comedy song, street magic, and clever rhyming). For the music of the League, look to European classical music, particularly Italian and German including arias, lieder, and classical instrumental music, and folk music with the theme of deals, cunning, trickery, flamboyance, or loyalty.

Commonly known songs

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A musical tradition

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Further examples

More examples for keen bards.

Songs

• Treggajoran Wartha
• Say Gentle Ladies
• Flower duet?

How to adapt your repertoire

• Sing in a tongue in cheek way, have a game or a joke with your audience.
• Sing in an operatic way, up the drama!
• 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

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