https://www.sohl.com/tags/renaissance-recorder/Recent content in Renaissance Recorder on SOHL.COMHugoen-usFri, 02 Feb 1996 07:42:00 +0000https://www.sohl.com/1996/02/02/renrecorders/Fri, 02 Feb 1996 07:42:00 +0000https://www.sohl.com/1996/02/02/renrecorders/<p><img loading="lazy" class=" size-full wp-image-359 alignright" src="https://www.sohl.com/images/1996/02/consort.jpg" alt="consort" />Renaissance recorders were popular throughout Europe from about 1500 to 1650. They were among the most popular &#8220;consort&#8221; instruments, meaning that they were played in groups (or consorts). A typical consort for renaissance recorders would be made up of one alto, two tenors, and a bass instrument. Michael Praetorius, writing in 1618, expressed a preference for a consort made up of a tenor, two bass recorders, and a great bass. Praetorius also mentions an &#8220;ideal&#8221; consort made up of 21 instruments, made in 7 different sizes. He illustrated these instruments in his encyclopedic <em>Syntagma Musicum</em>.</p>