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Abbey Medieval Festival, Queensland

The Abbey Medieval Festival is held in the Queensland town of Caboolture, north of Brisbane, and is a major fundraising event held by the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology. The Festival is a week-long event that commences with a medieval banquet,…

Tags: Abbey, Abbey Medieval Festival, Abbey Museum, Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, Banquet, battle, Caboolture, costume, dancing, festival, jousting, market, music, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment, tournament

The Feigned Death of Juliet

This oil on canvas painting by nineteenth-century artist Frederic Leighton was acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia with funds from the Elder Bequest in 1899. Titled â€˜The Feigned Death of Julietâ€™ it depicts a scene from William…

In Springtime (Im Fruhling)

This work by Swiss-born artist Arnold BÃ¶cklin was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria with funds from the Felton Bequest in 1977. The painting depicts two beautiful â€˜otherworldlyâ€™ female figures in flowing, colourful dresses…

Knightqueste Myspace Profile

A hyperlink to the Myspace music profile for Australian metal band, Knightqueste. Based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Knightqueste have utilised elements of a typically 'masculinised' medieval past. In particular, there is a strong focus on…

Renaissance Polonaise, Government House, Perth

This poster advertises â€˜Renaissance Polonaiseâ€™, an evening performance of Renaissance and Baroque music by the Polish early music ensemble Floripari. Floripari play period instruments and often also wear period costume. The performance…

Tags: advertising, Baroque, early music, ensemble, festival, Festival of Polish Visual and Performing Arts, Floripari, Government House, instrument, music, Perth, Poland, PolArt, poster, re-creation, Renaissance, Renaissance Polonaise, WA, Western Australia.

Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble

Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble was founded by mezzo soprano Helen Dell in Melbourne, Victoria, in 2007. Their concert program includes Loveâ€™s Paradise â€“ love stories and songs from twelfth and thirteenth-century France; Songs from…

Tags: drama, France, Helen Dell, Iberia, Melbourne, music, performance, poetry, song, Troveresse Medieval Music Ensemble, Vic, Victoria

â€œRobin Hoodâ€ (comic opera)

This piece titled “Robin Hood” in the ‘Amusements’ section of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper appeared on June 30, 1928. It brings to attention a new production of the comic/light opera Robin Hood at the Sydney…

Tags: Comic opera, Conservatorium, Crusade, Government House, Harry B. Smith, light opera, music, New South Wales, NSW, opera, performance, Reginald De Koven, Richard I, Robin Hood, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney Morning Herald.

Hurdy Gurdy demonstration

This photograph shows Alana Bennett playing a six stringed Phoenix Standard hurdy gurdy made by Helmut Gotschy in Germany (www.gotschy.com). The hurdy gurdy is a stringed instrument played by using a crank-turned wheel. It developed from fiddles and…

Tags: â€˜Receptionsâ€™, Alana Bennet, conference, demonstration, hurdy gurdy, instrument, music, performance, Perth, poem, University of Western Australia, WA, Western Australia.

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