Songs

Voice of the People, Voice of Faith

Religious

• “Sing the Circle Serene”—Written for organ and choir. In Thalium it is played with a somber plodding feel, but in Noelred it is a lively song.
• “Twelve Houses of Endless Delight”
• “Hence the Highway of Souls”
• “In the Circle’s Seamless Embrace”

Secular

• “Ballad of Osrick and the Sorceress—About Melena’s adulteress affair with Osrick I”
• “Ballad of Bingum and Isabelle—covers Bingum I and his first wife”
• “Lay of Kelthan”
• “Ballad of Gregor of Tranth”
• “Baron Philipe the Goat Knight”—Tavern song, c. 1230

Baelric Tradition

Baelric musicians are noteworthy in Aorlis because they excel at multi-level harmony. All Baelric people love music, and there are two traditions in this region: Cerdd Dafod, or poetry recitation; and Cerdd Dant which is vocal improvisation over melodies