A mechanical string instrument from the Middle Ages that can still evoke chills today... With a few turns on a hurdy-gurdy’s hand crank, a rosined wheel sweeps against the instrument’s three main ...

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Berlin’s music scene is notorious for its unrelenting beats and chemical heart, its constant drive for the new. But a few artisans who hand-craft instruments work hard to keep medieval and baroque ...

Seattle’s Medieval Women’s Choir (MWC), the only large volunteer choral group in the U.S. and Europe dedicated to performing medieval music, rings in the holiday season with a program titled “Natus ...