Simon Wascher said

> For early music concert it usually gets presented as "Frühe Musik" (= early 
> music) or as "Musik des 13. Jahrhunderts" (= 13th century music) or similar. 
> The 
> terms "Mittelalter" (= Middle Ages)  or "mittelalterlich" ( = medieval) 
> practically are used for the music for the medieval fairs only. 

I'm coming late to this discussion, but wanted to thank Simon for pointing out 
this distinction.  I think its useful terminology to help us keep track of what 
it is we're trying to do.  Whatever kind of performance you're doing.

 -- 
Dennis Sherman 
Chicago, IL, USA
http://www.dennissherman.com

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