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A medieval Christmas : as performed by the Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, director

Title
  1. A medieval Christmas : as performed by the Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, director / transcribed and edited by Gunther Schuller.
Published by
  1. Newton Centre, Mass. : Margun Music, c1986.

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Additional authors
  1. Schuller, Gunther.
  2. Cohen, Joel, 1942-
  3. Boston Camerata.
Description
  1. 1 score (ix, 90 p.); 31 cm.
Subject
  1. Christmas music
  2. Music > 15th century
  3. Music > 500-1400
Genre/Form
  1. Christmas music.
Contents
  1. Isaiah's prophecy : Hebrew cantillation -- The sybil's prophecy : Iudicii signum (Spanish, 10th century) -- Conductus : Adest sponsus (Franco-Provençal, 12th century) -- Gabriel's prophecy : Oiet virgines (Franco-Provençal, 12th century) -- Clausula : Domino (French, 13th century) -- Hymn : Conditor alme siderum (Gregorian) -- Lauda : Verbum caro factum est (Italian, 15th century) -- Reading : On frymoe w5s word (Old Saxon, 10th century) -- Organum : Iudea et Iherusalem (French, 13th century) -- Conductus : Gedeonis area (French, 13th century) -- Reading : O moder mayde / Geoffrey Chaucer -- Hymn : Ave maris stella (Gregorian) ; O Maria, deu maire (Proveçal, 12th century) -- Prosa : Ave Maria (French, 12th century) -- Responsory : Gaude Maria (Gregorian) -- Hymn : Joseph, liber nefe min (German, 14th century) -- Conductus with refrain : In dulci iubilo (Dutch, 15th century) ; Congaudet hodie (French, 12th century) ; Hymn : In dulci iubilo (German, 14th century) -- Reading : Hand by hand we shule us take (English, 14th century) -- Conductus : Lux hodie -- Orientis partibus (French, 12th century).
Note
  1. For various combinations of voices and/or instruments.
  2. Latin (principally), Hebrew and Provençal words (the readings in Anglo-Saxon and Middle English), also printed as texts with English translations on p. viii-ix.
  3. Includes historical and performance notes by G. Schuller and J. Cohen.