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Four Obscure Instruments You've Never Heard Of (But Will Love to Listen To)

Tradition and Sanity

I am an unabashed “early music” aficionado. Since the start of highschool I have loved Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music and have listened extensively to everything from the often melancholy lute songs of Elizabethan England to the triumphalistic and brazen brass of Venice to the soaring and energetic organ concertos of Handel. Part of my journey, though, has been research and delight in scholarship about the instruments, musicians, and contexts wherein such music originated. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.traditionsanity.com/subscribe