{"id":633,"date":"2017-02-04T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/vccs-tcc-music-rford\/?post_type=chapter&p=633"},"modified":"2020-04-11T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T21:51:19","slug":"sumer-is-icumen-in","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/vccs-tcc-music-rford\/chapter\/sumer-is-icumen-in\/","title":{"raw":"Sumer Is Icumen In","rendered":"Sumer Is Icumen In"},"content":{"raw":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumer_Is_Icumen_In\r\nModified by Robert Ford\r\n<\/span>\"<\/span>Sumer Is Icumen In<\/b>\" (also called the <\/span>Summer Canon<\/b> and the <\/span>Cuckoo Song<\/b>) is a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century \u00a0song \u00a0- - a celebration of \u00a0summer.\r\n<\/span>The title translates approximately to \"Summer Has Come In\" or \"Summer Has Arrived\". \u00a0The composer's identity is unknown. \u00a0\u00a0 The British Library now retains this manuscript (Millett 2003a).<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n
\"First<\/a><\/div>\r\nIn this work, you \u00a0will first hear \u00a0a \"ground\"\u00a0 in the lower voices - repeated phrases\u00a0 which support the \u00a0round\u00a0 sung above.\u00a0One person begins at the same time as those who sing the ground. When he comes to the first note after the cross \u00a0(see \u00a0figure below) which marks the end of the first bar, another singer is to begin, and the others follow..<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Sumer Is Icumen In\" in modern notation:\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n
\u00a0\u00a0Note he difference between the Middle English and the Modern \u00a0English language below.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Middle English<\/span><\/h3>\r\n
\r\n\r\nSvmer is icumen in\r\nLhude sing cuccu\r\nGrowe\u00fe sed\r\nand blowe\u00fe med\r\nand spring\u00fe \u00fee wde nu\r\nSing cuccu\r\n\r\nAwe blete\u00fe after lomb\r\nlhou\u00fe after calue cu\r\nBulluc sterte\u00fe\r\nbucke uerte\u00fe\r\n\r\nmurie sing cuccu\r\nCuccu cuccu\r\nWel singes \u00feu cuccu\r\nne swik \u00feu nauer nu\r\n\r\nSing cuccu nu \u2022 Sing cuccu.\r\nSing cuccu \u2022 Sing cuccu nu (Millett 2003b<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n

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Modern English<\/span><\/h3>\r\n
\r\n\r\nSummer[a]<\/a><\/sup> has arrived,\r\nSing loudly, cuckoo!\r\nThe seed is growing\r\nAnd the meadow is blooming,\r\nAnd the wood is coming into leaf now,\r\nSing, cuckoo!\r\n\r\nThe ewe is bleating after her lamb,\r\nThe cow is lowing after her calf;\r\nThe bullock is prancing,\r\nThe billy-goat farting,\r\n\r\nSing merrily, cuckoo!\r\nCuckoo, cuckoo,\r\nYou sing well, cuckoo,\r\nNever stop now.\r\n\r\nSing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo;\r\nSing, cuckoo; sing, cuckoo, now! (Millett 2003d<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumer_Is_Icumen_In
\nModified by Robert Ford
\n<\/span>“<\/span>Sumer Is Icumen In<\/b>” (also called the <\/span>Summer Canon<\/b> and the <\/span>Cuckoo Song<\/b>) is a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century \u00a0song \u00a0– – a celebration of \u00a0summer.
\n<\/span>The title translates approximately to “Summer Has Come In” or “Summer Has Arrived”. \u00a0The composer’s identity is unknown. \u00a0\u00a0 The British Library now retains this manuscript (Millett 2003a).<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"First<\/a><\/div>\n

In this work, you \u00a0will first hear \u00a0a “ground”\u00a0 in the lower voices – repeated phrases\u00a0 which support the \u00a0round\u00a0 sung above.\u00a0One person begins at the same time as those who sing the ground. When he comes to the first note after the cross \u00a0(see \u00a0figure below) which marks the end of the first bar, another singer is to begin, and the others follow..<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sumer Is Icumen In” in modern notation:<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Note he difference between the Middle English and the Modern \u00a0English language below.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Middle English<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Svmer is icumen in
\nLhude sing cuccu
\nGrowe\u00fe sed
\nand blowe\u00fe med
\nand spring\u00fe \u00fee wde nu
\nSing cuccu<\/p>\n

Awe blete\u00fe after lomb
\nlhou\u00fe after calue cu
\nBulluc sterte\u00fe
\nbucke uerte\u00fe<\/p>\n

murie sing cuccu
\nCuccu cuccu
\nWel singes \u00feu cuccu
\nne swik \u00feu nauer nu<\/p>\n

Sing cuccu nu \u2022 Sing cuccu.
\nSing cuccu \u2022 Sing cuccu nu (Millett 2003b<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Modern English<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Summer[a]<\/a><\/sup> has arrived,
\nSing loudly, cuckoo!
\nThe seed is growing
\nAnd the meadow is blooming,
\nAnd the wood is coming into leaf now,
\nSing, cuckoo!<\/p>\n

The ewe is bleating after her lamb,
\nThe cow is lowing after her calf;
\nThe bullock is prancing,
\nThe billy-goat farting,<\/p>\n

Sing merrily, cuckoo!
\nCuckoo, cuckoo,
\nYou sing well, cuckoo,
\nNever stop now.<\/p>\n

Sing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo;
\nSing, cuckoo; sing, cuckoo, now! (Millett 2003d<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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