once upon a time...
Dec. 21st, 2006 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thanateI am so not productive. Probably why I have only finished three songs, one of which was totally cheating (instrumental track, with only exciting instrument effects modifying the midi, and the tempos are probably off because garageband is stupid and doesn't admit to the possibility of multiple tempos per song)
But! I am working on an old (11th cent) tune for "alma redemptoris mater" (from this lovely site, which lists no copyright info whatsoever) which might even have been what Chaucer had in mind...
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grauwulf who I'm pretty sure had no idea what I was talking about:)
The prioress, who is old and stiff and fond of her luxuries like most of Chaucer's rather worldly clergy, tells the story of a saintly little boy who, living in the poor section of the town with his widowed mother, must walk through the (EVIL) Jewish gheto to get to school every day. And this child is so very pious that he learns the hymn to his adored Mother-in-heaven and sings it EVERY DAY, everywhere he goes. And, being evil, the Jews are eventually driven nuts by being constantly serenaded by 8-year-old christian piety (in the same tune, at least twice a day for the last 2 years) and slit his throat. Unfortunately, this does not solve their problem, as by the Grace of God the kid keeps singing, even dead in the ditch. After several days of frantic searching by his mother, and later on by representatives of the the Holy Church, they hear the singing, find the boy, punish the jews (presumably en masse) and by divine revalation eventually figure out how to shut the corpse up so they can bury him.
But I mean, small obnoxious undead singing boy! How could one resist? I totally wanted to learn this the year that we had Chaucer at faire, and follow him around singing it. Instead, I am now about to record it and then play with track effects to sound more whiny and less adult. It may or may not actually work, but we shall see...
But! I am working on an old (11th cent) tune for "alma redemptoris mater" (from this lovely site, which lists no copyright info whatsoever) which might even have been what Chaucer had in mind...
( the following particularly for
grauwulf who I'm pretty sure had no idea what I was talking about:)The prioress, who is old and stiff and fond of her luxuries like most of Chaucer's rather worldly clergy, tells the story of a saintly little boy who, living in the poor section of the town with his widowed mother, must walk through the (EVIL) Jewish gheto to get to school every day. And this child is so very pious that he learns the hymn to his adored Mother-in-heaven and sings it EVERY DAY, everywhere he goes. And, being evil, the Jews are eventually driven nuts by being constantly serenaded by 8-year-old christian piety (in the same tune, at least twice a day for the last 2 years) and slit his throat. Unfortunately, this does not solve their problem, as by the Grace of God the kid keeps singing, even dead in the ditch. After several days of frantic searching by his mother, and later on by representatives of the the Holy Church, they hear the singing, find the boy, punish the jews (presumably en masse) and by divine revalation eventually figure out how to shut the corpse up so they can bury him.
But I mean, small obnoxious undead singing boy! How could one resist? I totally wanted to learn this the year that we had Chaucer at faire, and follow him around singing it. Instead, I am now about to record it and then play with track effects to sound more whiny and less adult. It may or may not actually work, but we shall see...