Lochac Music
Music is central to many people's enjoyment of the Society for Creative Anachronism, in the Kingdom of Lochac.
This site exists to host songbooks, and to direct people to useful resources.
Part music songbooks and resources
These are vocal harmony, polyphony or counterpoint - usually needing several different people to sing different lines at the same time (or "choral music"). Rounds/canons are included.
Rowany Festival Songbook Volume 1 ASXL - Bethan Daniels of Brockwood
Rowany Festival Songbook Volume 2 ASLVI *NEW in 2022*! -Annabel de Swinburne, Bethan Daniels of Brockwood - and a sheet of notes and fixes
Rowany Festival Songbook Vol 2 ASLVI webpage all PDFs and NWCsThe Big Lochac Songbook - Edition by Magistra Constanzia y da Zamora
Lant Roll transcription - Transcription from the original by Master Crispin Sexi
The Lochac Virtual Songbook - Dafydd of the Glens
Cantiones Secundae - Elen Benet, Barony of Southron Gaard
Ceoltoiri Aneala Songbook 2017 - Isabel de Annesley
https://sg.lochac.sca.org/home/arts-and-sciences/song-and-dance-music/ - Barony of Southron Gaard
Further reading:
Joan and Crispin's website - with some transcriptions of John Wilbye's works, as well as articles on music and other subjects, and music composed by Crispin in the period style
SCA Medieval and Renaissance Music Homepage - many links to many resources
Folk music songbooks and resources
These are songs which are usually sung solo (or many people in unison). In the SCA we often call this this 'Bardic' style or campfire singing, and most of the songbooks have a mix of period and modern folk songs, SCA invention, and filk (new words to a modern song).
Nunc est Canendum - Kaitorix Avernom, for Inter-College War AS LIX
The Known Words Songbook - Karl Faustus von Aachen aka Eric the Fruitbat
Ursulan Top Ten Songbook - Bethan Daniels of Brockwood
A Book of Gwen - Gwen verch David; her own compositions, folk, filk and period
Rowany Festival ASL Bardic Circle Songbook aka John's Bardic Songbook - John Longshanks
Cattus Lamentatio - Constanzia Moralez y de Zamora & Acacia de Navarre, Barony of St Florian-de-le-Riviere; rounds as well as solo songs.
http://ildhafn.lochac.sca.org/oldsite/ceciliasongbook.htm - Baroness Cecilia, Barony of Ildhafn
Bonfire Songbook for the College of Blessed Herman - NSFW!
Further reading:
SCA Minstrel Homepage https://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/minstrel.html - many links to many resources
Dance music resources
Music is often played at balls or during events, for people to dance to.
Jeneur's excellent Dance Book - for high alto; for low alto
PLEASE NOTE: all the arrangements have permission for use within the SCA, permissions for other uses may require negotiation with the arranger
SCA Renaissance Dance Homepage - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/dance.html - many links to many resources
Songs which are traditionally sung at Yule/Christmas celebrations. Rowany has traditionally sung two songs at their annual Yule Feast - Boar's Head and Gloucester Wassail.