Sujet

'Sumer is icumen in', mid 13th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Sumer is icumen in', mid 13th century. Sheet music, a vocal composition for several voices; it is probably the most celebrated piece of English medieval music. The melody is one of the earliest known examples of what is now the major mode, and the earliest example of ground-bass. Besides the English secular text 'Sumer is icumen in', the melody is provided with a Latin sacred one 'Perspice Christicola', and it is the earliest known manuscript in which both secular and sacred words are written to the same piece of music. From Summer Canon [Reading Rota].

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A23_342

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,8Mo (3,9Mo) / 28,5cm x 42,0cm / 3366 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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