Rothenberg: The Flower of Paradise - Marian Devotion and Secular Song in Medieval and Renaissance Music Key_C Experienced recorder player and co-author

Experienced recorder player and co-author of the Baroque Recorder Anthology series

Volker Kernbach Soprano Shawm Cane Reed with staple

Telemann shows himself at the zenith of his creative power

warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day

edited by John Robinson

Rothenberg: The Flower of Paradise - Marian Devotion and Secular Song in Medieval and Renaissance Music Key_C Experienced recorder player and co-authorThere is a striking similarity between Marian devotional songs and secular love songs of the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Two disparate genresone sacred, the other secular; one Latin, the other vernacularboth praise an idealized, impossibly virtuous woman. Each does so through highly stylized derivations of traditional medieval song forms Marian prayer derived from earlier Gregorian chant, and love songs and lyrics from medieval courtly song. Yet