Caedmon's Hymn - Bird, Peter

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"The text of this hymn was recorded by the Venerable Bede. The melody of Cædmon’s famous hymn has been lost; however, the rhythms (triple time) are recorded in three 8th- and 9th-century manuscripts of Bede's Historia. This hymn is a perfect gem of hymnody and follows the rules exactly: verse, verse, refrain, verse, close. There is no evidence that this Hymn was ever previously sung in Latin. In this setting, the message and the musical theme are preserved through many changes of form as the language and the musical style gradually progress from those of the early Middle Ages to those of the English Baroque."

◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Tonart G major

⁄ Taktart 3/4

♬ Besetzung → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Anfänger

↕ Tonumfang D – a''

¶ Sprache → Old English, Latin, English

Takte 193

Textur Homophon

Stimmen 5

Instrumente Triangle(s)/chime(s)/bell(s) on <nowiki>d'' and/or d'''</nowiki>

Seiten 10

CPDL Nr. 10010

Bearbeiter Peter Bird

Veröffentlicht 2005-10-25

Lizenz Personal

♫Tonumfänge

Handbell(1)

d' – d'

SOPRANO

d' – a''

ALTO

g – e''

TENOR

c – g'

BASS

D – d'

Schlagwörter

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¶Liedtext

Nü scolun herigean heofonrices Weard, Meotodes meahte ond his mōdgeþanc, weorc Wuldorfæder, swā hē wundra gehwæs ēce Drihten, ōr onstealde. Hē ærest sceōp eorðan bearnum heofon tō hrōfe, hālig Scyppend. Þā middangeard monncynnes Weard ēce Drihten, æfter tēode firum foldan, Frēa ælmehtig.