MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND
FOLK SONGS AND INSTRUMENTS
OF THE DECEMBER RITUAL TIME
»FROM SAINT NICHOLAS TO THE EPIPHANY«
of the Slovene Ethnic Territory and
the Neighbouring European Countries

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Saint Nicholas and the Devil (ritual folk song, Tolminsko/Slovenia) – recitative two-part singing
Flajolet (dance, France, 13th century) – vocals, two reconstructions of medieval-Renaissance dulcimer, medieval-Renaissance-folk cross flute/stranščica, earthenware pot bas, kneading-trough as percussion instrument
Good Evening to this Holy Temple (ritual folk song,
Korčula/Croatia
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When I Was a Schoolboy (Haloze/Slovenia) – panpipes, wooden cross flute/žvegla »six«
Iron-Shod Witch (folk song, Gorenjska/Slovenia) – two vocals, drone zither/drsovce, wooden spoons, kneading-trough as percussion instrument
Run Clear Water, Run (Štajerska/Slovenia) – wooden cross flute/žvegla »nine«
Puer Natus in Bethlehem (Köln, around 1500/Germany) – female three-part singing, medieval-Renaissance dulcimer, Renaissance-folk dulcimer, wooden cross flute/žvegla »nine«, little bass
Carinthian jaw harp playing (Koroška/Slovenia) – jaw harps
A Child Has Been Born (folk song – Slovene version of the Latin words of Puer natus in Bethlehem, Dolenjska/Slovenia, 16th century) – vocal
Christmas Carol of the Brkini (West Slovenia) – medieval-Renaissance dulcimer
Nurserymaid Dove (folk song, Gorenjska/Slovenia) – two vocals, medieval-folk bagpipe
Der Spiegel der Dreifaltigkeit [The Mirror of the Trinity] (Kölner Gesangbuch, 1599, Germany) – mixed four-part singing, medieval-Renaissance-folk cross flute/postranica
Sotiš (dance, Dolenjska/Slovenia) – violin zither, little bass
In Einem Kripfli Lag Ein Kind [A Child Lies in a Manger] (troubadour Heinrich von Loufenberg, Strassburg, around 1430, Germany) – two-part singing, medieval bow string psaltery, medieval-Renaissance-folk cross flute/postranica
Dormi, Dormi Bel Bambin [Sleep Pretty Baby, Sleep] (Christmas lullaby, Italy) – clay ocarina
Birdie Janičica – Jesus' Rocker Nurse (lullaby, Resia/Slovenians in Italy) – two-part singing, clay ocarinas
Bramble Has Grown (Bela Krajina/Slovenia) – clay ocarinas
Mid-Winter Bonfire Tune (Bela Krajina/Slovenia) – wooden double flute/dvojnica
Jesus Was Born (folk song from Trogir/Croatia, known at least since 16th century) – mixed four-part singing over bass
Istrian Tune – wooden double flute/šurla
Dona Nobis Pacem (Latin Renaissance lyrics, spread all over Europe) – canon
From Klagenfurt to the Drau (Rož – Rosental/Carinthia; Slovenians in Austria) – wooden cross flute/žvegla »six«
We Are the Three Magi (the Magi carol, the foot of Gorjanci ridge/Slovenia) – vocals, medieval-folk bagpipe
Quem Pastores Laudavere (16th century – Renaissance »quem-pas«) – mixed three-part singing, bass recorder, triangel, horseshoe
The Gipsy Band of Musicians from Prekmurje (Prekmurje, Porabje – Szlovénvidék; Slovenians in Hungary) – small cimbalom, trumpet, cross flute, little bass
From the Country of Levant (the Magi carol, Podjuna–Jauntal/Carinthia; Slovenians in Austria) – mixed four-part singing
Commendation for the Blessing of the Cosmos (improvisation, Slovakia) – 1st and 2nd fujaras
Pharaonica, the World-Bearer Fish (cosmogonic myth, Tolminsko/Slovenia) – two vocals
A Wish for the Power of the New Sun (improvisation, Ireland) – jaw harps
Štajeriš (dance, Gorenjska/Slovenia) – violine zither, wooden cross flute/žvegla »five«, little bass, jaw harp
Shine the Sun, Shine (folk song, Gorenjska/Slovenia) – two-part singing, harp zither
The Woodpecker Is Daughter-in-Law (Prekmurje/Slovenia) – drone zither/cítera, two combs, mirliton
Litanies for Good Fortune (Christmas carol, Prekmurje/Slovenia) – vocals
Drmač (dance, Prekmurje/Slovenia) – drone zither/švrkovence, earthenware pot basses
Good Evening to this Home (Christmas carol, Brač/Croatia) – three-part singing, chordal tamburitza/brač, little bass
A Tune from Haloze (dance, Štajerska/Slovenia) – twp panpipes, wooden cross flute/žvegla »six«, earthenware pot bass
We Have Come and We Shall Go (Christmas carol, Carinthia/Slovenians in Austria) – three-part singing, harp zither, little bass, earthenware pot bass