We're delighted to announce the launch of a a new series of videos , made in collaboration with filmmaker Blazej Mikula from the Cambridge Digital Library. The videos focus on one manuscript – the ' Cambridge Songs' Leaf – which contains neumatic notation for six of the songs from Book I of Boethius's De Consolatione...

The most recent issue of the Journal of Musicology features an article by Sam Barrett summarizing the project to restore lost Boethian songs. Drawing together the materials gathered together on this website, the article introduces the historical context for the songs, explains reconstruction processes, presents evidence...

On Wednesday 20 February, Dr Sam Barrett will be talking about restoring the lost songs of Boethius, alongside the 11th-Century Cambridge Songs Manuscript as part of the event Manuscripts and Music by Candlelight at the Cambridge University Library. For the second part of the event, Dr Barrett will be joined by his early...

The new series of ' Sons de l'edat mitjana ' (Sounds of the Middle Ages), on the Radio Station Catalunya Musica , will open with a feature on Boethius: Songs of Consolation . Sam Barrett will talk to presenter Maria Montes about the research that led to the reconstruction of the Boethian songs, and his collaboration with...