Gaudeamus igitur - Anonymous

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"''Gaudeamus Igitur'' is probably the most popular of the surviving "drinking songs" associated with the members of the medieval universities. These universities sprang up in various centers of western Europe, largely in the 12th and 13th centuries. Many of them are still in exisence. The cliche, "wine, women, and song," is a reasonable description of the typical contents of their "drinking songs," which often, as in the above specimen, included a certain amount of ribaldry. ''Gaudeamus Igitur'' gradually accumulated many more verses than the five that are in our version, in an entirely different order. Wikipedia includes in its encyclopedia a whole entry devoted to ''Gaudeamus Igitur''. It includes all of the stanzas above, together with five additional new ones. When the German composer, Johannes Brahms, was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Breslau in 1880, he showed his gratitude by composing his Academic Festival Overture, based on themes from medieval student songs. The climax of the work is a brilliant rendition of the traditional ''Gaudeamus Igitur'' theme."

◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 3/4

♬ Voicing → SATB, TTBB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range E-2 – E-5

¶ Language → Latin, English

Measures 12

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 57819

Editor John Christensen

Posted 2020-04-02

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Sopran

F4 – E-5

Alt

C4 – G4

Tenor

F3 – D4

Bass

E-2 – G3

¶Lyrics / Text

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