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14th February 2024:
Medieval ‘love’ song!
In this ‘Valentine’s Day special’, we had some fun with Veni dilectissime, a goliardic song from the ‘Cambridge Songs’, which is a collection compiled in the Rhineland the late 11th century, and preserved in a manuscript copy now in Cambridge University Library. The words of this song are a little risqué, so a medieval attempt was made to ‘censor’ them by splodging them out of the manuscript!
Slides from the session
Catch-up video
N.b., the Sequentia song I played during this session had to be cut out due to copyright restrictions. But you can find it linked in the ‘recommended listening’ section, below.
My arrangement of the song…
Score
Veni dilectissime – Full Score
As always, this is available for your personal use, but please don’t share or distribute, especially online. 🙂
Further listening
Albums of music from the ‘Cambridge Songs’ manuscript:
- Sequentia: Boethius, Songs of Consolation; part of Sam Barrett’s Restoring Lost Songs project
- Sequentia: Lost Songs of a Rhineland Harper
From the Song Hunters…
Anything to share? I’d love to see it! x