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19th June 2024:

A Song for Saint Æthelthryth

A special session for anyone planning a pilgrimage to Ely, to venerate our local saint, Æthelthryth (c.636 CE – 679 CE), on her feast day (23rd June). The crowds queuing up to sing this song for Æthelthryth will probably give the ones at the Euros a run for their money! 😂 In this Song Hunt, we took a look at the hymn to Saint Æthelthryth composed by the Venerable Bede (in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People), explored the process of finding suitable medieval melodies for songs for which no words survived, and experimented with some medieval-style harmony.

Slides from the session

Video

If you’d like a copy of this song, drop me a line! The score’s not very tidy just now, but I’d happily polish it up for an outing. Why not sing it to celebrate Æthelthryth’s feast in 2025? 😁