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The earliest surviving piece of composed music in the British Isles, and perhaps the oldest recorded folk song in Europe, is a rota: a setting of 'Sumer Is Icumen In' ('Summer is a-coming in'), from the mid-thirteenth century, possibly written by W. de Wycombe, precentor of the priory of Leominster in Herefordshire, and set for six parts. [21]
In medieval music, the Geisslerlieder, or Flagellant songs, were the songs of the wandering bands of flagellants, who overspread Europe during two periods of mass hysteria: the first during the middle of the 13th century, and the second during the Black Death in 1349.
Medieval music encompasses the sacred and secular music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, [1] from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. It is the first and longest major era of Western classical music and is followed by the Renaissance music; the two eras comprise what musicologists generally term as early music, preceding the common practice period.
Medieval music manuscript sources (3 C, 45 P) Medieval music templates (1 C, 10 P) Medieval music theory (1 C, 24 P) Medieval musical instruments (16 P) S.
Each album features traditional medieval songs and poetry set to music, mostly arranged by Blake specifically for the ensemble, alongside varying numbers of original compositions. They sing in a variety of languages, including Latin , Middle English , French , Italian , Russian , Swedish , Scottish English , German , Manx Gaelic , Spanish ...
A Crusade song (Occitan: canso de crozada, Catalan: cançó de croada, German: Kreuzlied) is any vernacular lyric poem about the Crusades. Crusade songs were popular in the High Middle Ages : 106 survive in Occitan , forty in Old French , thirty in Middle High German , two in Italian , and one in Old Castilian . [ 1 ]
Medieval music generally refers the music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. [1] The first and longest major era of Western classical music, medieval music includes composers of a variety of styles, often centered around a particular nationality or composition school. The lives of most ...
A cantiga (cantica, cantar) is a medieval monophonic song, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric.Over 400 extant cantigas come from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, narrative songs about miracles or hymns in praise of the Holy Virgin.