minstrel: Robert ap Huw

[MH Bobbitt]

I've recently come across a recording of Robert ap Huw for the harp.  It's 
inspiring stuff!  It's rich, loud, and exciting music for the traditionally 
tinkly harp.

First question:  What's the conventional wisdom -- is RAH period?  Could we 
sneak it in to an enchanted circle assuming the music was documented at 
least three years after it was played?  One could argue that since the 
recordings are modern interpretations of a sorta-period cryptic manuscript 
of playing styles, performed transcriptions of those recordings are wild 
guesses in the first place and therefore inappropriate.

Second question:  if it IS period, is this music already "done"?  Would any 
of you cringe if you heard a Huw Gosteg opening a Bardic Circle?

Tangwystyl mentioned in an earlier post that there really isn't much period 
material available for Welsh harpers.  What other sources have folks found?

I appeal to your collective wisdom.

Respectfully,

-- Leucum merch Ouein




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