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This work is famously mentioned in Chaucer's ''The Miller's Tale:''<poem> | |||
And al above there lay a gay sautrie | |||
on which he made anyghtes melodie | |||
so sweetly that all the chamber rong | |||
and ''Angelus ad virginem'' he song…</poem> | |||
Among the numerous mss. sources there are five versions with music, all with slightly different tunes. As labeled in Dobson & Harrison ''Mediaeval English Songs,'' they are: | |||
*Version a: tune only, in Cambridge MS Add. 710 (the so-called Dublin Troper) | |||
*Version b: (ornate) tune only with both Latin and English text, in BL MS Arundel 248 | |||
*Version c: 2-voice setting, in BL MS Cotton Fragments XXIX (the charred survivor of a 1731 fire) | |||
*Version d: 3-voice setting without text in Cambridge MS Add. 710 (the so-called Dublin Troper) | |||
*Version e: 3-voice setting with Latin text in Cambridge MS Add. 710 (the so-called Dublin Troper) | |||
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This work is famously mentioned in Chaucer's The Miller's Tale:
And al above there lay a gay sautrie
on which he made anyghtes melodie
so sweetly that all the chamber rong
and Angelus ad virginem he song…
Among the numerous mss. sources there are five versions with music, all with slightly different tunes. As labeled in Dobson & Harrison Mediaeval English Songs, they are:
- Version a: tune only, in Cambridge MS Add. 710 (the so-called Dublin Troper)
- Version b: (ornate) tune only with both Latin and English text, in BL MS Arundel 248
- Version c: 2-voice setting, in BL MS Cotton Fragments XXIX (the charred survivor of a 1731 fire)
- Version d: 3-voice setting without text in Cambridge MS Add. 710 (the so-called Dublin Troper)
- Version e: 3-voice setting with Latin text in Cambridge MS Add. 710 (the so-called Dublin Troper)
Music files
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'Version e', the texted 3-part setting in the Dublin Troper.
- Editor: Richard Norris (submitted 2014-02-17). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: original melody in S, with 4-part harmonization by RN. Verses 1-4 in Latin.
- Editor: Benjamin Bloomfield (submitted 2012-02-25). Score information: Letter Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: for SATB, with original melody in S. 5 verses in Latin.
- Editor: Mark Chapman (submitted 2006-03-21). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed in G major and 6/8 time, with the middle line written out for both alto and tenor, the lower lines transposed down an octave. 5 verses in Latin.
- Editor: Douglas Brooks-Davies (submitted 2004-06-23). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 112 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Traditional carol (original melody in S), translated and arranged by Douglas Brooks-Davies. With piano reduction. Latin verses 1, 2, 3, 5.
General Information
Title: Angelus ad Virginem
Composer: Anonymous, 13th century
Number of voices: 3-4vv Voicings: SAB, STB or SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1361
Description: This was a popular carol from its creation, and is mentioned in Chaucer's work.
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