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Bjorn Schmelzer

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Grand Lavois, a multinational ensemble of early music virtuosos.Their new project, the Onucourt Trilogy, is now underway!Bjrn Schmeltzer, a renowned performer and scholar of medieval and Renaissance music as well as an ethnomusicologist, and Grand Ravoir, a multinational ensemble of early music specialists formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1999.Grand Ravois, which has consistently presented rich programs delving deeply into medieval folk music, presents its seventh release: the first volume of the Villar de Honcourt Trilogy, dedicated to the 13th-century church architect!Grand Lavoiss trilogy traces the journey of Villard dHonnecourt, who is said to have traveled throughout Europe in search of drawings, paintings, sculptures, and decorations for church architecture.Volume 1 focuses on the journey from northern France to Hungary. Schmelzer & Grand Lavoa recreate the liturgical music composed in