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I syng of a mayden þat is makeles, kyng of alle kynges to here sone che ches. He came also stylle þer his moder was as dew in aprylle, þat fallyt on þe gras. He cam also stylle to his moderes bowr as dew in aprille, þat fallyt on þe flour. He cam also stylle þer his moder lay as dew in Aprille, þat fallyt on þe spray.; Moder & mayden was neuer non but che -- wel may swych a lady Godes moder be.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, first published c1400 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "A carol", subtitle: "(Fifteenth century)", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen Gifford (b. 1935), "I syng of a mayden", 1955 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "As dew in Aprylle" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alison Willis (b. 1971), "I Sing of a Maiden", 2016, copyright © 2016 [ satb chorus ], Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from "A Medieval Anthology", edited by Mary Segar ; composed by Henk Badings, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Gustav Holst.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Benjamin Britten, John Theodore Livingston Raynor.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Benjamin Burrows, Roger Quilter, Egon Joseph Wellesz.
- Also set in English, adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir.
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 84
Je chante une jeune fille Qui est sans pareille, Le roi des rois, Elle l'a choisi pour être son fils. Il est arrivé aussi doucement, Là où sa mère était, Que la rosée en avril Qui tombe sur l'herbe. Il est venu aussi doucement Dans la chaumière de sa mère Que la rosée en avril Qui tombe sur la fleur. Il est arrivé aussi doucement Là où sa mère est couchée Que la rosée en avril Qui tombe sur la branche. Mère et jeune fille Ne furent personne d'autre qu'elle : Une telle dame peut bien Être la mère de Dieu.
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Based on:
- a text in Middle English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , first published c1400
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 100