Christopher Page
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Christopher Page is an expert on medieval music
, instruments and performance practice. He has written seven books regarding medieval music. He is currently a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
, England
, where he is Vice-Master and University Reader in Medieval Music and Literature.
He was formerly a Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford
(1977–1980) and Senior Research Fellow in Music at Sidney Sussex. He is the founder and director of Gothic Voices
, an early music vocal ensemble, which has recorded 25 discs for Hyperion Records
, many winning awards. The ensemble has performed in many countries, including, France, Germany, Portugal and Finland. London dates included twice-yearly sell-out concerts at London's Wigmore Hall.
The ensemble gave its first Promenade Concert in 1989. The group's work has been chronicled most recently in Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, The Modern Invention of Medieval Music (CUP, 2007) and Richard Taruskin, Text and Act (OUP, 2006).
Page's major 350,000 word study, The Christian West and its Singers: The First Thousand Years, has just been published by Yale University Press. Between 1989 and 1997, he was presenter of BBC Radio 3's Early Music Programme, Spirit of the Age, and a presenter of the Radio 4 arts' magazine Kaleidoscope. He has been chairman of the National Early Music Association and of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society (founded 1889). He serves on the editorial boards of the journals Early Music (OUP) and Plainsong and Medieval Music (CUP).
Christopher Page was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2008. He is currently working on a major reference work, Music in Medieval Literature: Readings from the Fall of Rome to Gothic Europe, for Cambridge University Press.
His instrument of choice is the early Romantic guitar, and he plays one built by Charles Valance in Paris in the 1820s. His latest composition is a seven-part Salve Regina, premiered in Sydney by the professional early-music ensemble Alamire on 1 June 2010.
Medieval music
Medieval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends sometime in the early fifteenth century...
, instruments and performance practice. He has written seven books regarding medieval music. He is currently a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where he is Vice-Master and University Reader in Medieval Music and Literature.
He was formerly a Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
(1977–1980) and Senior Research Fellow in Music at Sidney Sussex. He is the founder and director of Gothic Voices
Gothic Voices
Gothic Voices is a United Kingdom based vocal ensemble specialising in repertoire from the 11th to the 15th century. The group was formed in 1981 by scholar and musician Christopher Page....
, an early music vocal ensemble, which has recorded 25 discs for Hyperion Records
Hyperion Records
Hyperion Records is an independent British classical record label.-History:The company was named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology. It was founded by George Edward Perry, widely known as "Ted", in 1980. Early LP releases included rarely recorded 20th century British music by...
, many winning awards. The ensemble has performed in many countries, including, France, Germany, Portugal and Finland. London dates included twice-yearly sell-out concerts at London's Wigmore Hall.
The ensemble gave its first Promenade Concert in 1989. The group's work has been chronicled most recently in Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, The Modern Invention of Medieval Music (CUP, 2007) and Richard Taruskin, Text and Act (OUP, 2006).
Page's major 350,000 word study, The Christian West and its Singers: The First Thousand Years, has just been published by Yale University Press. Between 1989 and 1997, he was presenter of BBC Radio 3's Early Music Programme, Spirit of the Age, and a presenter of the Radio 4 arts' magazine Kaleidoscope. He has been chairman of the National Early Music Association and of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society (founded 1889). He serves on the editorial boards of the journals Early Music (OUP) and Plainsong and Medieval Music (CUP).
Christopher Page was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2008. He is currently working on a major reference work, Music in Medieval Literature: Readings from the Fall of Rome to Gothic Europe, for Cambridge University Press.
His instrument of choice is the early Romantic guitar, and he plays one built by Charles Valance in Paris in the 1820s. His latest composition is a seven-part Salve Regina, premiered in Sydney by the professional early-music ensemble Alamire on 1 June 2010.
Works
- Voices and Instruments of the Middle Ages (1987)
- The Owl and the Nightingale: Musical Life and Ideas in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1100-1300 (1989) - The Summa Musice: A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers (1991)
- Discarding Images: Reflections on Music and Culture in Medieval France (Oxford, 1994)
- Latin Poetry and Conductus Rhythm in Medieval France (London, 1996)
- Music and Instruments of the Middle Ages (Ashgate, 1999)
- The Christian West and Its Singers: The First Thousand Years (2010)
External links
- Official homepage of Christopher Page at Cambridge retrieved 28th Dec 2010
- http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=page