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Video produced by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Katie Luther: The Morning Star of Wittenberg looks at the life of the woman Katie Luther, the woman who helped 16th century reformer Martin Luther change the course of history. Katarina von Bora Luther (1499-1552).
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From the author:
This is a german folk song from the 16th century. My singing sucks, I still have to rehearse the accompaniment I developed on the guitar. Singing will be next. Maybe I’ll come up with a better version soon.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bpcDe7mEXM
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My new keyed fiddle (“Schlüsselfiedel” in German, “nyckelharpa” in Swedish). This instrument was common throughout the German speaking areas until the 17th century – from then on, it was kept only in the area of Uppland in Sweden, where the art of the instrument was rediscovered in the 20th century.
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Shabanu’s choreography to the music from the German medieval band TOLSTAFANZ
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POZ-T6bIudU
A short glimpse of the LAPSUS Gig in Herne (Germany)in summer 2006 at Schloss Struekede
next gig easter in Herne
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Medieval music of a talented, german group called Adivarius during a medieval weekend in Ter Apel (Holland. The Medieval Period is 500-1450 AD (CE).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF_XTlCieTc
Luys Milan (1500-1565) РPavana 3, Pavana 1, originally written for Vihuela, transcribed and performed by Boris Bj̦rn Bagger. Boris Bj̦rn Bagger is teaching guitar at the University of Music Karlsruhe / Germany
In many parts of Europe the increase in population began to outstrip improvements in agriculture from about 1500 onwards and this process continued in many parts till well into 1540s. Different parts of Europe were affected at slightly different times within the period c. 1500-1550 and in many areas there were peasant uprisings which were usually suppressed with appalling savagery (with very cruel and unusual punishments for some of the leaders, for example). These uprisings sometimes became interwoven with the religious upheavals of the period.
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In the 16th century the structure of social classes in Germany changed significantly, as did their relationship to one another. These classes were the princes, the lesser nobles, the prelates, the patricians, the burghers, the plebeians and the peasants.
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This was fun for me. I went to a local restaurant on Taipa Island in Macau, China and after the waitress takes my order she comes back and says “Can I have your autograph?”. In her hands is the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA program and she has it opened to my picture for me to sign.
After I sign the program I realize that I also want a cup of coffee. But the waitress is walking around the restaurant showing people my autograph so I can’t get her attention for several minutes. So the lesson I’ve learned in this is that there is a price to fame: It’s more difficult to get a cup of coffee…