Glommish/Musical system

Instruments

The Lõisian string orchestra has a much wider variety of instruments than our timeline's common-practice orchestra; it's comparable to Carleen Hutchins's Violin Octet. It's made up of the following instruments:

• pochette (þe poczte, þí poczten); tuned a fourth above our violin
• violin (þe fiþlín); slightly larger than our violin and tuned the same or a whole step below (F-C-G-D)
• viola (þe altfiþel); tuned like our viola
• tenor violin (þe fiþel or þe tienerfiþel); tuned a fourth or fifth below the viola
• violoncello (þe boriefiþel); tuned an octave below the viola
• bass (þe básfiþel); tuned an octave below the tenor violin
• contrabass (þe jetenfiþel); tuned an octave below the cello
• subcontrabass (þe risьfiþel); tuned two octaves below the tenor violin
• mega-bass (þe þurьzefiþel); tuned two octaves below the cello

Forms

• þe klózel = discant clausula; contrapuntal piece based on a melismatic passage in a chant
• þí siúfnie = symphony
• þe lióþer = solo sonata with accompaniment; instrumental equivalent of the Lied
• þe briótstúcz = piece in variation form
• þí fancie = fantasy
• þe vurdiel / þí trópe = a vocal equivalent of the klózle, as in some medieval motets
• þí opre = opera
• þe lióþ = Lied; art song
• þe valterь = waltz
• þe miéniel = minuet
• þe czake = chaconne
• þí mazurke = mazurka

Other musical terms

slap = piano (soft)

stark = forte (loud)

fanþiend = andante (walking)

pik = allegro, vivace (lively)

úthużengfól = expressive

slýþsam = adagio (slow)

snióen yncz = not rushed

þí spriakstamnie = Sprechstimme

þí simbskapie = chorus

Lõisian composers and theorists

• Ancz-Sievrien Béþь, early medieval author of Ān þieraj mūsikaj (On Music)
• Marczel Myna, medieval tuning theorist who proposed a division of the whole tone into 5
• Þyprík Miþerdát, medieval composer of isorhythmic motets
• Amand Jacquier, founder of the Smēahcræft movement in medieval music featuring complex rhythmic, harmonic and notational devices
• Fráþvin Lióbacz, Thedish Smēahcræft composer, famous for his [suite] featuring klózele in various equal temperaments (from 10 to 20 notes per octave)
• (anonymous), author of Hlioþrъharpa, an elaborate 4-part canon written in the shape of a harp