This week we are going back to the Middle Ages for some bizarre music. First, we go to the early 1500s and visit a king who was presented with a very unusual gift: cats. But not just any cats, a piano made of screeching cats! We continue back to the 1300s and meet King Louis XI of France, who commissioned an Abbe to create the most unusual thing he could think of. The result: the pig piano! Last on out tour, we go to France in the 1100s and visit the Troubadour, Bertran de Born. He was a major celebrity of his time and would often write songs about war, soldiers and torture. Join us at the end where we read you some of his lyrics!

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