> Even this is biased toward recency, and reflects my own lack of knowledge of pre-baroque music. This is random, but one of the things I love about Civilizati

> Even this is biased toward recency, and reflects my own lack of knowledge of pre-baroque music. This is random, but one of the things I love about Civilization IV is that when you enter a new era, it plays music from that era, to really give you the sense of moving through time. Except that when you enter the "Medieval" era, it plays this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7jOKLUus8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g7jOKLUus8 A brilliant piece of music, and a great credit to them that they would have chosen this piece and this recording of it. An absolute masterpiece. Of the High Renaissance, that is. Sheppard was born c. 1515, and the Renaissance in music is usually dated to begin somewhere around 1400. I guess I'm saying you're not the only one. :)