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 viola
subcontrabass (þe risьfiþel); tuned two octaves below the tenor violin
mega-bass (þe þurьzefiþel); tuned two octaves below the cello

Forms

þe klóziel = 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 (quick)

úthużingfól = 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 Ãn θieraii mũsicaii (On Music)
Marczel Patevь, medieval tuning theorist who proposed 29edo
Þyprík Miedicz, medieval composer of motets
[???], Thedish Renaissance composer of klózle, famous for his [suite] featuring a klózel in a deliberately stretched tuning