Ja Nus Hons Pris by Richard the Lionheart - Edward Foster - medieval gittern

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  • This beautiful mournful ballad was purportedly written by Richard the Lionheart in the 12th Century whilst he was held captive. I have gently elaborated around the melody but kept true to the heart of the song. This is true trouvère music. Enjoy.
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    Please click these links to see more of my medieval gittern music:
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    Lamento di Tristano • Lamento di Tristano - ...
    Sainte Nicholaes by St. Godric • Sainte Nicholaes by Sa...
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  • @edwardfosterart3848
    @edwardfosterart3848  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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  • @themajesticmagnificent386
    @themajesticmagnificent386 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Why does music like this reach right through me and charms me with the gentlest persuasion.?..Thank you for your wonderful video

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you for your wonderful words! 🙂

    • @uschiuschi3232
      @uschiuschi3232 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Vielleicht hast du damals schon mal gelebt.

    • @thegreatselkie6009
      @thegreatselkie6009 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I truly believe that it’s ancestral memories…

    • @christopherellis2663
      @christopherellis2663 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      His mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine, part of the lands of the troubadours. ( Cokaigne)

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because you don't the language and it's a festishization of unfamiliar

  • @Jaiwho
    @Jaiwho 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It sounds so peaceful its like a dreaming moment thank you so much ! I hope I can play this instrument one day

  • @CJVS995
    @CJVS995 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Imagine the guards listening to a king reduced to a prisoner composing a song about his sorrow.

  • @t.s.507
    @t.s.507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Achingly beautiful and played with such sensitivity... thank you.

  • @erwinsorno6908
    @erwinsorno6908 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    Beautiful... I'm curious how we even know what this song sounded like. Has it been performed and transcribed by musicians throughout the ages? Or did King Richard's original manuscript survive almost 1000 years of hsitory?

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      It is notated in manuscripts :) So yes to both your questions

    • @John-qd5of
      @John-qd5of 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      There was this documentary about China in which an old guy was playing the guqin, an ancient stringed instrument. That melody was written by Confucius, over 2,500 years ago (obviously, Confuçius had sheet music)! But Plato'ㅅ ,main interests were ts philosophy and

    • @chrispuentemusic
      @chrispuentemusic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@John-qd5of I'd be very interested in seeing this documentary. Do you recall it's title?

    • @kaznrg
      @kaznrg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Confucius having sheet music? Doubt it. Source please.

    • @JohnWick_897
      @JohnWick_897 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Na h Confucius didn't have sheet music, he probably had music theory developed to write down a song which was also common in ancient Mesopotamia. Ancient complete music theory for a song is seiklios epitaph of ancient Greeks.
      But this doesn't mean sheet music or staff notation.
      Sheet notation was invented and developed in middle age Europe from 10th century to 13th century. With 14th century staff notation came to it's final form we know today in Europe.

  • @olgadimitrova1674
    @olgadimitrova1674 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Благодаря! Любов от България 💖 🙏 🥰

  • @manatoa1
    @manatoa1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely

  • @andrewjohnstone963
    @andrewjohnstone963 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Lean out of your window Golden hair
    Ive been singing a merry air in the midnight air 🎶
    Beautiful simply beautiful
    Thank you sir 🙏 ❤

  • @gilldoyle3295
    @gilldoyle3295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This touches my soul ❤️

  • @ilseilse3824
    @ilseilse3824 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thankyou for Your music, this song is very nice ..🥰😘

  • @leonarundell5267
    @leonarundell5267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you.

  • @mauriciocotapos313
    @mauriciocotapos313 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hermoso trabajo musical, muchas gracias!

  • @YoDada
    @YoDada 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is absolutely amazing. Please make more music like this

  • @IAMPAUL2021
    @IAMPAUL2021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic as always my friend 😀

  • @catherineherrmann3604
    @catherineherrmann3604 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautifully felt…

  • @jupphainkas3070
    @jupphainkas3070 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! This is so beautiful. Thank You

  • @edwardfosterart3848
    @edwardfosterart3848  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Please click these links to see more of my medieval gittern music:
    Saint Marie Virgine by St.Godric th-cam.com/video/-CNnniyFnYw/w-d-xo.html
    Lamento di Tristano th-cam.com/video/cD584DP_tGM/w-d-xo.html
    Sainte Nicholaes by St. Godric th-cam.com/video/orjoq_yy0xU/w-d-xo.html
    Cantiga 377 (cantigas de Santa Maria): th-cam.com/video/1GTZhiCoSW4/w-d-xo.html

  • @nancydevlin65
    @nancydevlin65 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    just about to order our first 5 string gittern........ won't pick it up until September at the Medieval Music in the Dales festival, but looking forward to it! Thank you for your art! I really like your drawings as well! Sleeping fox is brilliant!

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lovely! Are you getting one from George? Thank you for your compliments!

    • @nancydevlin65
      @nancydevlin65 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@edwardfosterart3848 yes, it is a George Stevens! And it's a 4 course single he's reconstructing after a Cantiga 13th century image, although me wanting the single strings may make it even earlier, he says, so I'm a happy bunny! g-d-g'-c' tuning....

  • @americanoudwiththelostladi5548
    @americanoudwiththelostladi5548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Really amazing work, my friend.

  • @juanr.2540
    @juanr.2540 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful

  • @royaume_de_permissivite
    @royaume_de_permissivite 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great! Such a culture! Greetings from Siberia, Russia!

  • @PaulWilkinsonMusician
    @PaulWilkinsonMusician 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful :)

  • @aaronflinner6431
    @aaronflinner6431 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is entirely beautiful.

  • @dsthorp
    @dsthorp หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your gittern has a pleasing tone when you play it.

  • @JeliLala
    @JeliLala 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ah, takes me back... ❤

    • @Elephantine999
      @Elephantine999 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Back to the 12th century? ;)

    • @moe5287
      @moe5287 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Elephantine999to the crusades

  • @thegreatselkie6009
    @thegreatselkie6009 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Exquisite! ♥️♥️♥️

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolument magnifique !...

  • @richardcastromartinez4329
    @richardcastromartinez4329 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Muy nostálgico y hermoso a la vez.

  • @bifeldman
    @bifeldman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Like a dream.

  • @E.C.2
    @E.C.2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job brother.

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks :)

    • @E.C.2
      @E.C.2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@edwardfosterart3848 👍

  • @gabriellew6467
    @gabriellew6467 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As sung by Blondel de Nesle when searching for his imprisoned king, Richard the Lionheart?

  • @PierreB28
    @PierreB28 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a beautiful interpretation ! How do you tune your gittern ?

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I can't stop coming back to listen to your gittern lament again and again. It's the most melancholic interpretation of Ja Nuns Hons Pris on gittern I have come through : we literally feel the king's pain, sadness and powerless rage in the surprisingly deep voice of this little instrument. It talks straight to the heart ! Even your face shows how much you feel it, and I love it. Amazing interpretation, thank you (again, yes, but we cannot like more than once, lol) !! I'd be over the moon if I had such a gittern and be able to play this. But for the moment I do my best on my ukulele baritone tuned in low-D. I can't read music, so I sing over arpeggios. Not as medieval sounding, but already a little spark of bliss ! 😊

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ah bless you for your lovely words! I'm sure that your playing of your baritone uke is beautiful too

  • @bearshield7138
    @bearshield7138 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    sweet

  • @bobu5213
    @bobu5213 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful, really considering getting a gittern, lute or cittern. The gittern seems to be a more elegant instrument than the cittern but more out there than the lute which is a nice trade of. Have you played any other instruments?

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you 🙂 Yes the gittern is a great instrument. I also play lute, guitar, etc. The lute is beautiful too. Happy to recommend instrument makers if you need help

    • @bobu5213
      @bobu5213 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edwardfosterart3848 Well, I see many gitterns for 3000 euros and up, but maybe there is a second hand one closer to half the price?

  • @electraazteca6002
    @electraazteca6002 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s a beautiful song quiet. It’s so sad. It was when King Richard was in prison. Hey, where can I get one of those medieval guitars at bro please tell me.

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! The gittern was made for me by George Stevens :)

  • @emilioromano7223
    @emilioromano7223 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where could I buy a guittern such as yours?

  • @supermarioglitchy10
    @supermarioglitchy10 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    beautiful rendition, but one note, why does almost no one besides Owain Phyfe put vocals on this song?

  • @MrGordonSims
    @MrGordonSims 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do we know the Lionheart wrote this?

  • @Asheanae
    @Asheanae 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh wow, this is fantastic!
    I play guitar, uke, and saz, but im really looking for an older sound like this!
    How does the gittern compare to the lute in terms of skill crossover?

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you 🙂The gittern is not complicated to play and is much easier than lute. I play the gittern with plectrum mostly but it also sound good with fingers, as in the video. Hope that helps

    • @Asheanae
      @Asheanae 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @edwardfosterart3848 thank you so much, where did you get yours? Do you know any good makers in the UK?

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Asheanae I bought the gittern from George Stevens. In the description there is a link to his website 🙂

    • @Asheanae
      @Asheanae 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @edwardfosterart3848 oh they're gorgeous and completely out of my league!
      Gonna have to break out the chisels! 😅

  • @LindaMerchant-bq2hp
    @LindaMerchant-bq2hp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lutes mandolins sitars and even early violins music of the middle ages especially in England Germany France Russia

  • @eileenfabri5497
    @eileenfabri5497 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This really is a beautiful piece of music. And you are exceptional with your instrument. Where did you learn to play that?

    • @edwardfosterart3848
      @edwardfosterart3848  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you 🙂I came from a classical guitar background so that helped. Medieval music is often just a melody line of a song so you just improvise around this.

  • @kyleecook6671
    @kyleecook6671 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, Richard. Not only did I not know you were a musician, but I also didn't think you had anything that gentle in you. I'd bow to the king, but you've been dead for, what, 800 years?

  • @DocSanders
    @DocSanders หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never heard the tune or the instrument before... Fell in love with both instantly. Thank you very much.

  • @secretarchivesofthevatican
    @secretarchivesofthevatican ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Lovely! Beautiful sounding instrument.

  • @WillaLamour
    @WillaLamour 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

  • @robjus1601
    @robjus1601 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Softly and melodious. Bravo

  • @carlosMEDINA-lb5iq
    @carlosMEDINA-lb5iq 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It Is a Wonderfull Melodi. The Sound, the way of play, etc, etc, etc.......😮

  • @triciaarmitage1060
    @triciaarmitage1060 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely beautiful Eddie xx

  • @nsa6865
    @nsa6865 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    vive les anglo-normaunds!

  • @liliamoguelrojas9890
    @liliamoguelrojas9890 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Maravilloso

  • @Kampfwageneer
    @Kampfwageneer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great sounds wish I could find one to try though im not the best with finger picking

  • @johnmurdoch8534
    @johnmurdoch8534 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome

  • @susannekalejaiye4351
    @susannekalejaiye4351 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Delightful. Also, so pleased yu have details in the description below the video. When I saw your gittern, I immediately thought it looked like George Stevens had made it, and he had! very nice tone!

  • @79xander79
    @79xander79 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This melody reminds me of a past life, so clearly and realistically that it seems like just yesterday I was listening to this song and pictures from the past appear before my eyes...

  • @desPrez188
    @desPrez188 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice version.

  • @jackieparcell1370
    @jackieparcell1370 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a treat! ❤

  • @loonylinda
    @loonylinda 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wonderful thankyou

  • @Gedagnors
    @Gedagnors ปีที่แล้ว

    Gorgeous!!!

  • @BigSauce_
    @BigSauce_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice

  • @amabellejunia4484
    @amabellejunia4484 ปีที่แล้ว

    👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

  • @Bluesguitar1994
    @Bluesguitar1994 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Richard the Lionheart was french and was also become an English King and his known in the Knights Templar and the crusades

    • @davidweihe6052
      @davidweihe6052 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      His mother was the Duke (ruling duchess, rather than a consort duchess) of Aquitaine. It was almost half a century before it was part of France rather than just theoretically controlled by the Count of Paris (who the French Dukes got together and made king because he was unable to stop the dukes from whatever they wanted to do).