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Medieval Music and Musicians

A day school organised by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, the YAS Medieval Section and Leeds University.

School of Music, University of Leeds
Saturday 15 May

10:00 Coffee
10:30 Lisa Colton: Sources of Secular Music from the Troubadour Period
11:15 Joanna Melville-Richards: Music and Number Symbolism
12:00 Short Break
12:15 William Flynn: The Paraclete Liturgy and its Music
13:00 Lunch (not supplied; tea/coffee will be available)
13:45 Anna Parsons: Liturgy and Chant in the Augustinian Houses of Yorkshire: A Newly Discovered Use
14:30 Jane Flynn: The Monochord in Medieval Education
15:15 Recital
15:45 Afternoon Tea
16:00 Roger Bowers: Monastic Initiatives in Church Music, c.1480–1540
17:00 Disperse


Cost: £15 (including tea and coffee). Those attending are advised to bring a packed lunch. Free parking is available at the University.

Advance booking is recommended but is not essential. Please send cheques, payable to ‘Yorkshire Archaeological Society’, to YAS, Claremont, 23 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9NZ (Tel 0113 245 7901).


Last Updated on 18th April, 2004 by Sue Alexander