500-1400
500-1400
WEEK 1
w/b Monday 4th September 2023
Anonymous: Sumer is icumen in
Name: Unknown
Composed: Around 1200
Nationality: UK
Did you know? The words of the song are in Middle English.
What next?
Anonymous - Miri it is while sumer ilast
Anonymous - Worldes blis ne last no throwe
Anonymous - Bryd one Breere
Hermann of Reichenau: Salve Regina
Name: Blessed Hermann of Reichenau/Hermannus Contractus
Born: July 18, 1013
Died: September 24, 1054
Nationality: Germany
Did you know? Gregorian chant such as this is still used in Christian worship all around the world today.
What next?
Hermann of Reichenau - Veni Sancte Spiritus
Hermann of Reichenau - Alma Redemptoris Mater
Hermann of Reichenau - Deum Verum
Léonin: Viderunt Omnes
Name: Léonin
Born: Approx. 1150
Died: 1201 (?)
Nationality: France (?)
Did you know? Léonin is thought to have lived and worked at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris.
What next?
Léonin (?) - Haec Dies
Pérotin - Beata Viscera
Pérotin - Pascha Nostrum Immolatus
Hildegard of Bingen: Ave generosa
Name: Hildegard of Bingen/Saint Hildegard
Born: 1098
Died: September 17, 1179
Nationality: Germany
Did you know? Hildegard was an Abbess (a Mother Superior of a convent of nuns).
What next?
Hildegard of Bingen - Ave Maria, O Autrix Vite
Hildegard of Bingen - O Virga ac Diamema
Hildegard of Bingen - O Frondens Virga, Antiphona
Beringuier de Palou: Tant m'abelis
Name: Beringuier de Palou/Palazol/Palol
Born: 1160
Died: 1209
Nationality: Catalonia (Spain)
Did you know? Beringuier was a troubadour (a courtly composer of poetry and music).
What next?
Bernard de Ventador - Can vei la lauzera mover
Beatriz de Dia - A chantar m'er de so q'ieu no voldria
Anonymous - Domna pos vox ay chausida