{"id":465,"date":"2014-04-10T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=465"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:51:11","slug":"april-10-sumer-is-icumen-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2014\/04\/10\/april-10-sumer-is-icumen-in\/","title":{"rendered":"April 10 – Sumer is icumen in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday April 10 – \u00a0singing in Spring<\/p>\n

This 13th century song of spring \u00a0[a Rota http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rota_(music)<\/a>], can remind 21st century city dwellers that Spring’s awakening has made people a little crazy — playful — for a long time.<\/p>\n

Here’s a 2 minute performance by Centre County Chorus in 2012, not in Middle English but still lovely.
\n(https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IrXjmPT3au8<\/a>).<\/p>\n

And here is a Middle English version found at this link: \u00a0http:\/\/www.pteratunes.org.uk\/Music\/Music\/Lyrics\/summerisicumenin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Sumer Is Icumen In<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

This song is remarkable for being ahead of its time. It is a cannon in four parts sung over a two part “foot” or bass line, itself a cannon in two parts. This makes the whole song a polyphonic composition in six parts at a time when the most “advanced” music was in two or three part polyphony. The music with performance instructions was in a\u00a0manuscript<\/a>, originally in Reading Abbey.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Svmer is icumen in
\nLhude sing cuccu!
\nGrowe\u00fe sed and blowe\u00fe med
\nand spring\u00fe \u00fee wde nu.
\nSing cuccu!<\/td>\n		Summer is a-coming in
\nLoudly sing cuckoo
\nGroweth seed and bloweth mead
\nand springs the wood anew
\nSing cuckoo!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Awe blete\u00fe after lomb,
\nlhou\u00fe after calue cu,
\nBulluc sterte\u00fe, bucke uerte\u00fe.
\nMurie sing cuccu!
\nCuccu, cuccu,
\nWel singes \u00feu cuccu.
\nne swik \u00feu nauer nu!
\nSing cuccu nu, Sing cuccu!<\/td>\n		Ewe bleateth aft-er lamb,
\nCalf loweth after cow,
\nBullock starteth, buck farteth,
\nMerry sing cuckoo!
\nCuckoo, cuckoo!
\nWell singest thou cuckoo,
\nNor cease thou never now!
\nSing cuckoo now, Sing cuckoo!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pes
\n<\/i>Sing cuccu, Sing cuccu nu!<\/td>\n		Foot (or Bass)
\n<\/i>Sing cuckoo, Sing cuckoo now!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Weather.com<\/a> says sunny early, rain beginning mid-afternoon, high of 66; \u00a0sounds like a good road and sidewalk rinse. \u00a0Breezy too.<\/p>\n

Blessings on your day,<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

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