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*{{PostedDate|2012-06-14}} {{CPDLno|26506}} [[Media:Anon-cucu.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Anon-cucu.mxl|{{XML}}]] | |||
{{Editor|Christopher Upton|2012-06-14}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|94}}{{Copy|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike}} | |||
:'''Edition notes:''' This edition is intended to reproduce as closely as possible the layout of the original manuscript, using modern notation and type, with translations of the rubrics added (italicised), and replacing the letter Þ with th in the Middle English text. Both Both texts. | |||
*{{CPDLno|17453}} [http:// | *{{PostedDate|2008-07-03}} {{CPDLno|17453}} [http://stcpress.org/miscellaneous/sumer_is_icumen_in/sumer_is_icumen_in.pdf {{extpdf}}] [http://stcpress.org/miscellaneous/sumer_is_icumen_in/sumer_is_icumen_in.mid {{extmid}}] [http://stcpress.org/miscellaneous/sumer_is_icumen_in/sumer_is_icumen_in.mp3 {{extmp3}}][https://github.com/st-cecilia-press/miscellaneous/blob/master/sumer_is_icumen_in/sumer_is_icumen_in.ly {{extly}}] [http://stcpress.org/pieces/sumer_is_icumen_in {{net}}] | ||
{{Editor|Monique Rio|2008-07-03}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1| | {{Editor|Monique Rio|2008-07-03}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|85.2}}{{CopyCC|BY 4.0}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' | :'''Edition notes:''' Updated 2016-08-17 "Sumer" only | ||
*{{ | *{{PostedDate|2008-01-01}} {{CPDLno|15742}} [[Media:Anon_Sumer_is_icumen_in_DG_PML.pdf|{{Pdf}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Philip Legge|2008-01-01}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|63}} | {{Editor|Philip Legge|2008-01-01}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|63}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' with a realisation, and alternate lyrics © David Greagg. | :'''Edition notes:''' with a realisation, "Sumer" and alternate lyrics © David Greagg. | ||
*{{CPDLno|11317}} [http://maucamedus.net/transcriptions-e.html {{net}}] | *{{PostedDate|2006-03-24}} {{CPDLno|11317}} [http://maucamedus.net/transcriptions-e.html {{net}}] | ||
{{Editor|N. Nakamura|2006-03-24}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|56}}{{Copy|Personal}} | {{Editor|N. Nakamura|2006-03-24}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|56}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Postscript file also available. Copyright © 2004 by N. Nakamura. | :'''Edition notes:''' Postscript file also available. Copyright © 2004 by N. Nakamura. Both texts, and also M. Bukofzer's duple transcription. | ||
*{{ | *{{PostedDate|2005-08-30}} {{CPDLno|9307}} [[Media:051.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:br-051.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:br-051.nwc|{{NWC}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Brian Russell|2005-08-30}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|32}}{{Copy|Personal}} | {{Editor|Brian Russell|2005-08-30}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|32}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' {{ | :'''Edition notes:''' {{NWCV}} In score, with both texts | ||
*{{ | *{{PostedDate|2001-05-19}} {{CPDLno|2715}} [[Media:ws-anon-sum.pdf|{{Pdf}}]] [[Media:ws-anon-sum.mid|{{Mid}}]] [[Media:ws-anon-sum.enc|{{Enc}}]] (Encore) | ||
{{Editor|John Henry Fowler|2001-05-19}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|6|37}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | {{Editor|John Henry Fowler|2001-05-19}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|6|37}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' | :'''Edition notes:''' Canon realized for 4 mixed voices, {{Cat|BB.SATB}}. In score | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Sumer is icumen in''}} | |||
{{Composer|Anonymous}} | {{Composer|Anonymous}} | ||
{{Voicing|6|6 equal voices}}<br> | {{Voicing|6|6 equal voices}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Dual|Canons}} | {{Genre|Dual|Canons}} | ||
{{Language|2|Middle English|Latin}} | {{Language|2|Middle English|Latin}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | |||
{{Pub|1||c. 1250 C.E.}} | |||
'''Description:''' This rota or round was originally sung with the secular Middle English text. It is widely held that the Latin text was added later in order to preserve it in the library of Reading Abbey (since profane works would not be held in the Abbey). | '''Description:''' This rota or round was originally sung with the secular Middle English text. It is widely held that the Latin text was added later in order to preserve it in the library of Reading Abbey (since profane works would not be held in the Abbey). | ||
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'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
* [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~wpwt/harl978/sumernn.htm#bucke%20uerteth Wessex Parallel WebTexts] | * [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~wpwt/harl978/sumernn.htm#bucke%20uerteth Wessex Parallel WebTexts] | ||
* | * {{w|Sumer Is Icumen In|Wikipedia article}} | ||
'''See also:''' [[Summer is ycoming in (Robert Lucas Pearsall)]] (SSATBB) | |||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{top}}{{Text|Middle English| | |||
Sumer is icumen in, | |||
Lhude sing Cuccu! | |||
{{Text|Middle English | GroweÞ sed, and bloweÞ med, | ||
and springÞ wde nu. | |||
Sumer is icumen in, | |||
Lhude sing Cuccu! | |||
GroweÞ sed, and bloweÞ med, | |||
and springÞ wde nu. | |||
Sing Cuccu! | Sing Cuccu! | ||
Awe bleteÞ after lomb, | Awe bleteÞ after lomb, | ||
lhouÞ after calve cu. | lhouÞ after calve cu. | ||
Bulluc sterteÞ, | Bulluc sterteÞ, | ||
bucke verteÞ, | bucke verteÞ, | ||
murie sing Cuccu! | murie sing Cuccu! | ||
Cuccu, cuccu, | Cuccu, cuccu, | ||
wel singes Þu Cuccu | wel singes Þu Cuccu | ||
ne swik Þu naver nu. | ne swik Þu naver nu. | ||
'''Pes:''' | '''Pes:''' | ||
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu. | Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu. | ||
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu! | Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu! | ||
''*Note: Þ in Middle English sounds like "th". | ''*Note: Þ in Middle English sounds like "th". | ||
}} | |||
{{mdl|3}}{{Translation|English| | |||
Summer is come, | |||
sing loud, cuckoo! | |||
The seed grows and the meadow blooms, | |||
and now the wood turns green. | |||
Sing, cuckoo! | |||
Ewe bleats after lamb, | |||
cow lows after calf, | |||
bullock leaps, | |||
buck farts, | |||
sing merrily, cuckoo! | |||
Cuckoo, cuckoo! | |||
You sing well, cuckoo. | |||
Don't ever stop now. | |||
'''Pes:''' | |||
Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo. | |||
Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!}} | |||
{{mdl|3}}{{Translation|German| | |||
Der Sommer kommt: Kuckuck, singe laut! | |||
Es wächst die Saat, die Wiese grünt | |||
und das Gehölz schlägt aus, | |||
singe, Kuckuck! | |||
Die Aue [das Mutterschaf] blökt nach dem Lamm, | |||
die Kuh muht nach dem Kalb. | |||
Der Ochse rührt sich, der Bock furzt, | |||
singe froh, Kuckuck! | |||
Kuckuck, Kuckuck, | |||
wie schön singst du, Kuckuck. | |||
Nun schweige niemals mehr. | |||
'''Pes:''' | |||
Sing, Kuckuck! | |||
Singe nun, Kuckuck!}} | |||
{{btm}} | |||
===Perspice Christicola=== | |||
{{top}}{{Text|Latin| | |||
Perspice Christicola, | |||
que digacio; | |||
celicus agricola | |||
pro vitis vicio, | |||
filio, | |||
non parcens exposuit | |||
mortis exicio. | |||
Qui captivos | |||
Semivivos | |||
a supplicio | |||
Vite donat | |||
et secum coronat | |||
in celi solio. | |||
Pes: [[Regina caeli]] laetare.}} | |||
{{mdl|3}}{{Translation|English| | |||
See, O follower of Christ, | |||
With what honor | |||
The heavenly farmer | |||
For a fault in the vine, | |||
Exposed his Son, | |||
Not sparing him, | |||
To the peril of death; | |||
Us, who were captive, | |||
Half-alive, | |||
He liberates from torment, | |||
Gives life | |||
And crowns, with himself, | |||
Upon the heavenly throne. | |||
{{ | Pes: Rejoice, O Queen of Heaven. | ||
{{Translator|St Ann choir}} | |||
}} | |||
Observe, worshipper of Christ, | {{mdl|3}}{{Translation|English| | ||
what gracious condescension! | Observe, worshipper of Christ, | ||
The heavenly husband, | what gracious condescension! | ||
because of the vine's imperfection, | The heavenly husband, | ||
not sparing his son, | because of the vine's imperfection, | ||
exposed him | not sparing his son, | ||
to death's destruction. | exposed him | ||
The prisoners, | to death's destruction. | ||
who are half-dead | The prisoners, | ||
on account of the death sentence, | who are half-dead | ||
he restores to life, | on account of the death sentence, | ||
and crowns them at his side | he restores to life, | ||
on heaven's throne. | and crowns them at his side | ||
on heaven's throne. | |||
{{Translator|Ernest H. Sanders}} | |||
}} | |||
{{btm}} | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Medieval music]] | [[Category:Medieval music]] |
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- Editor: Christopher Upton (submitted 2012-06-14). Score information: A4, 1 page, 94 kB Copyright: CC BY NC SA
- Edition notes: This edition is intended to reproduce as closely as possible the layout of the original manuscript, using modern notation and type, with translations of the rubrics added (italicised), and replacing the letter Þ with th in the Middle English text. Both Both texts.
- Editor: Monique Rio (submitted 2008-07-03). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 85.2 kB Copyright: Creative Commons BY 4.0
- Edition notes: Updated 2016-08-17 "Sumer" only
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2008-01-01). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 63 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: with a realisation, "Sumer" and alternate lyrics © David Greagg.
- Editor: N. Nakamura (submitted 2006-03-24). Score information: A4, 1 page, 56 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Postscript file also available. Copyright © 2004 by N. Nakamura. Both texts, and also M. Bukofzer's duple transcription.
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 32 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: NoteWorthy Composer file may be viewed and printed with NoteWorthy Composer Viewer. In score, with both texts
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2001-05-19). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Canon realized for 4 mixed voices, BB.SATB. In score
General Information
Title: Sumer is icumen in
Composer: Anonymous
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: 6 equal voices
Genres: Secular & Sacred, Canon
Languages: Middle English, Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: This rota or round was originally sung with the secular Middle English text. It is widely held that the Latin text was added later in order to preserve it in the library of Reading Abbey (since profane works would not be held in the Abbey).
External websites:
See also: Summer is ycoming in (Robert Lucas Pearsall) (SSATBB)
Original text and translations
Middle English text Sumer is icumen in, |
English translation Summer is come, |
German translation Der Sommer kommt: Kuckuck, singe laut! |
Perspice Christicola
Latin text Perspice Christicola, |
English translation See, O follower of Christ, |
English translation Observe, worshipper of Christ, |
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