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Drolls (Russian early music ensemble)

Drolls is a Russian early music ensemble formed in 1999 and playing its own interpretation of Medieval and Renaissance music, using authentic instruments. The name of the ensemble refers to a droll - a short comical sketch of a type that originated during the Puritan Interregnum in England. Although their main repertoire consists of music and songs from across the Europe, they also sing and play music of skomorokchs.

Members
• Dmitry Cherevko (cornamuse, flutes, jew's harp, vocal) • Alexey Nikitin (djembe, goblet drum, glockenspiel, vocal) • Pavel Popov (oboe, English horn, rauschpfeife, vocal) • Igor Solovyev (mandolin, kantele, vocal) • Sergei Popov (viola, rebec, jouhikko, vocal) == Discography ==
Discography
• Drolls, 2000 • Kalenda Maya, 2001 • Carminis Vagantibus, 2003 • Via Sacra, 2004 • Quintus, 1999—2004 • Zara (recorded in collaboration with Guda, ethnic band from Belarus), 2006 • DVD Carmina Burana (medieval play based on poems and texts of Carmina Burana), 2007 • Люди Веселы (Skomorokhs), 2008 • Decimus, 2009 • Cantigas, 2014 (concert DVD) • Codex Buranus, 2019 (concert DVD) ==External links==
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