English medieval songs
By: Russell Oberlin.
Contributors: Barab, Seymour.
Series: Music of the Middle Ages ; 2, The 12th & 13th centuries
Publisher: Lyrichord Discs
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Music -- 15th century -- British Isles.; Music -- 500-1400 -- British Isles.
Notes: Compact disc

Sung in Provencal and Old French. Russell Oberlin, countertenor ; Seymour Barab, viol. Program notes inserted in container. The St. Godric Songs : a) Crist and St. Marie ; b) Sainte Marie Virgine ; c) Sainte Marie Cristes Bur ; d) Sainte Nocolaes Godes Drud -- Worldes blis ne last no throwe -- Byrd one brere -- Man mei longe him lives wene -- Stond wel, moder under rode. Continental modal forms, fused with lost musical structures and traditions of the ancient Celts, combined to create a uniquely English monodic song form. The exceptionally beautiful St. Godric Songs (c.1150) are the earliest known songs in the English language.

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