Bardic Hall

To all those who partake of the bardic arts, whether they be songs, stories, poems, riddles, jokes, etc., we offer our resources and companionship.

What are the Bardic Arts and Who is a Bard?

"The Bardic Arts" is a huge, all encompassing term. We use it when we're talking about singers, poets, musicians, storytellers and riddlers. We apply the term to almost everyone working in a number of different areas, regardless of skill or style, and no one has yet come up with a comprehensive definition.

ALL are welcome, be they with the HFS, SCA, other re-enacting groups, or just curious. Our resources will include (but are not limited to) filks, original works, and period pieces. We have over 2,000 performance pieces in our blog (Songs Bards Sing) and are adding more all the time. For the aspiring bard, this site will provide a good base on which to build a bardic repertoire.

Bards should collect all the material they can, from as many different sources as possible. There are a host of books on period music available commercially, and many good songbooks published by and for the people of the Society. Check your local university library for obscure and out-of-print works. (Used bookstores, too.) You need not limit yourself to resources that deal solely with our period, or that deal with it at all for that matter, as much useful information can be found in books on related topics. You will find some that are not very good, but you won't know that until you've read them. The more information you have, the more you will be able to find just what you're looking for. Finding just the right piece is like finding a needle in a haystack, but you have to have a haystack to look in first.

If you have questions, feel free to ask.

Use the tags below to aid in your search for a particular piece. If searching for a title by letter, remember that articles such as "a" or "the" were ignored when the letter tag was applied.


Use the tags below to aid in your search for a particular piece. If searching for a title by letter, remember that articles such as "a" or "the" were ignored when the letter tag was applied.