Estampie is a German music group, founded in 1985 by Sigrid Hausen (aka Syrah), Michael Popp and Ernst Schwindl. The band plays primarily medieval music

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...

, with some modern influences from world

World music

World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...

 and minimalist music

Minimalist music

Minimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....

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Members

• Sigrid Hausen
• Michael Popp
• Ernst Schwindl
• Sascha Gotowtschikow
• Christoph Pelgen (formerly of Adaro
  Adaro (band)
  -Style:While their first CD, Stella Splendens, was based mainly on Spanish songs from the 13th and 14th century, the later works incorporated late medieval songs from the Minnesang tradition by artists such as Hans Sachs, Walther von der Vogelweide and Oswald von Wolkenstein.The album Minnenspiel ...
  
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• Sarah M. Newman

Discography

Estampie has released 8 studio albums, three of which were recorded in collaboration with Deine Lakaien

Deine Lakaien

Deine Lakaien is a German Darkwave group composed of Macedonian vocalist Alexander Veljanov and the classically trained composer, pianist and drummer Ernst Horn.- History :...

 singer Alexander Veljanov

Alexander Veljanov

Alexander Veljanov became famous through singing in the darkwave band Deine Lakaien which he founded with Ernst Horn in 1985.- Biography :...

. Two more albums were recorded as Al Andaluz Project, a musical project of Estampie, Spanish Folk band L’Ham de Foc and Amán Amán.

Fin Amor, released in 2002, features an orchestra of 15 musicians. It covers themes of religious and mundande love based on texts of medieval troubadour

Troubadour

A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz....

 poetry.

Their 2004 album Signum has been lauded for its arrangements that includes harp

Harp

The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...

s and flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

s. The overall theme of this album is transience, featuring sensitive pieces as well as playful tracks.

Estampie albums

• A chantar - Lieder der Frauenminne (1990)
• Ave maris stella - Marienverehrung im Mittelalter (1991)
• Ludus Danielis
  Play of Daniel
  The Play of Daniel, or Ludus Danielis, is either of two medieval Latin liturgical dramas based on the biblical Book of Daniel, one of which is accompanied by monophonic music....
  
   - Ein mittelalterliches Mysterienspiel (1994); featuring Veljanov
• Crusaders - Lieder der Kreuzritter (1996); featuring Alexander Veljanov
  Alexander Veljanov
  Alexander Veljanov became famous through singing in the darkwave band Deine Lakaien which he founded with Ernst Horn in 1985.- Biography :...
  
  
• Materia Mystica - Eine Hommage an Hildegard von Bingen (1998)
• Ondas - Musik von Troubadours und Flagellanten (2000); featuring Alexander Veljanov
• Fin Amor - Musik zwischen Liebe, Sehnsucht, Leidenschaft und dem rauen Nordwind (2002)
• Signum - Zeit und Vergänglichkeit im Mittelalter (2004)

Compilations

• Best of Estampie - Die Frühphase, der Aufbruch, Die Trilogie und die Ethno-Phase (1986–2006) (2006)

Al Andaluz Project

• Al Andaluz Project – Deus et Diabolus - Project with L’Ham de Foc and Amán Amán (2007)

' Al Andaluz Project – Al-Maraya (2010)