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Thread #159390 Message #3776130
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
01-Mar-16 - 06:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sumer is icumen - doctored by scribe?
Subject: RE: Origins: Sumer is icumen - doctored by scribe?
I made my way through that article, and I think the few notes that the scribe altered do not make much difference. When musicians have to repeat something, (in this case "cuccu, cuccu")they often want to change it a little.
It's interesting that the same melody was used for a sacred song and a secular song, but for me it's remarkable that someone put secular words in manuscript form.