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I thought that the piece's title was "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi".

How about this: A Virginian went out west to seek his fortune and was lonesome for his girlfriend left behind in the Shenandoah Valley, near the Shenandoah River?

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This makes me think of Duelling Banjos

That was so cute, can't wait to show my students!

i like what you do. but if you want a "life sucks and then you die", look at the first part of Gaudeamus Igitur....😂

I wish there were more resources like this to explore such rich cultural history. However, I felt there might have been a slight misinterpretation. ‘Nunc obdurat’ meaning ‘now it oppresses’ and ‘et tunc curat’ meaning ‘and then it soothes’ are correctly translated. ‘Ludo mentis aciem,’ on the other hand, literally means ‘I play with the sharpness of the mind,’ emphasizing intellectual engagement rather than doing something as one wishes (‘ad libitum’). I think there may have been a confusion with ‘ad libitum,’ which doesn’t align with the intended meaning of ‘ludo mentis aciem.

Great video! 🩶

It is an exquisitely beautiful melody. I rather suspect that the original lyrics made perfect sense, and that as the song was passed from generation to generation, something got lost and jumbled along the way. We are left with just a sad sense of loss and longing in hearing the song, but not really knowing exactly why we feel that way. Interesting information on the background, good job on your research.

This video is long winded confuſion. The Catholic church is pagan and not Chꝛiſtian. Thou ſhouldſt get a King Iames Bible and read and ſtudie it. Take not another man's woꝛd foꝛ what the woꝛd of God ſaith.

Bardcore is/was more like a sort of a "cosmetic" thing, sort of wrapping modern songs into a more "medievalish" sound. There's no attempt at going to a deep, structural level: it might be likeable to the ears, but it's not historically accurate, still neither has ever wanted to be. To me anyway the OG bardcore is Alan A'Dale the Rooster 😄😄.

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"why even back in the medieval era" 1. they were much more exposed to fate than we are. Some things which are today a minor medical problem were back then deadly. 2. In medieval Europe there was a general feeling of vulnerability by fate. More than in other cultures of those times (which were no less vulnerable to fate). It was more about that "life will suck" than "life can suck".

I'm seeing this performed tonight. My first exposure was from the movie 'Excalibur'.

The best version besides Jo Stafford is by this Slovanian Angel with a voice from Heaven czcams.com/video/oQYEK7cdL6I/video.html

This is the best version over of this wonderful song czcams.com/video/f3Dbx_dgUyE/video.html

Yes, gosh, it is a sea shanty!! At the folk club we sing the response indeed

I love that song. I like the traditional presentation but the Mississippi River valley trappers were French Canadian...my ancestors but sea shanties are Irish, aren't they?

Many podcasts and even professionally produced radio shows from the CBC or NPR have a habit of playing background music while the talent speaks over this noise. Just for the hell of it, why not try speaking with no background music. It makes it much easier to follow your story and think about the last thing you said -- thus every you say will lead to your last breath.

The number "seven" in certain versions had a huge historical significance. Seven years was the length of an indentured servitude contract.

In the line "meine Töchter sollen dich warten schön" , which you translated as "my daugthers will gladly wait on you" probably was meant differently originaly. Whilst "warten" nowaays in german is mostly ussed as "to wait", it can also mean "to look after someone or something". This usage of the word has become old fashioned by now but is probably what Goethe wanted to say. To the overall interpretation I might add that the son might have a fever dream (that was my teachers interpretation, as this ballade is a standard in german literaure and usually taught in school) that could explain why the father is in such a hurry as he has his sick, feverish child in his arms, maybe he´s trying to get to a doctor or some place where the xon could rest from his illness.

Shannon’s river in Ireland ,longest river in Ireland ,Shannon Doob(2 ). is called after Shannon a Haoine (1 )

This version was surely fused from a number of different older versions/songs, which is where the "Missouri" part came from.

Lose the guitar strumming chaotically in the background. I just want to hear YOU!

I thought it was called bardcore because ot rhymes with hardcore. Bardcore with bagpipes would just be Medieval rock music like Corvus Corax

Oh what a wonderful interpretation of the song, I always thought Shenandoah was a girl

There were no meaningful copyright laws in early America, the State censorship bureau gave permissions to publish within that state. Intellectual property would travel from state to state, each state claiming its own authentic source, each slightly different from the other. Tunes were often written in four or seven shape note systems taught by itinerant, nameless music teachers.

In the day the indians ranged further south & West than your depiction. Crossing the wide Missouri would have possibly leaving the territory of Cheif Shenandoah, to more hostile indian territories. And the French Voyagers traveled both further South & West trapping

2 islands off the coast of Eastern Canada still belong to France & are French territory

Much of present day known canada was French. The French & Indians united in war against the British.

Recal the French/ Indian War

The entire Louisiana Perchase in cluded much of your 2nd map up and close to the Northwest. It was French, owned until bought by the US from Nepoleon for 2 or 3 million $'s The daughter of Shenandoah likely married a Voyager to solidify their relationship A Chief likely had a number of Children &/or daughters

The French Trappers got along well with the local indigenous people

Love the video, but just wanted to mention that metal ballads are very much a thing:)

The River 'Shannon' in Ireland is named after the sole 'Male' pre-Christian God figure in Ireland. All other rivers are named after female deities. It drains two thirds of the island. It's the longest river in Ireland and Britain. It's often referred to as An t-Sionann Dubh/An Shennon Doo/The Dark Shannon, for the huge volume of water that drains out into the Atlantic Ocean. Early Spanish explorers moving up the East Coast from Florida encountered tall, fair-skinned people in what might now be called Alabama, who warned the Spaniards against the savage natives. It has been speculated that these people were descendants of Irish people who migrated to the Americas many hundreds of years earlier.

Please go in academia. Huge potential. You can pull it off, as if it were a walk in the park.

a paddling song of les voyageurs a slow rendition when paddling against the current

You supplied new info about the song. Appreciate your research. Thank you.

you are sultry.. i hope that you find love.

I first heard it as a song by Outblast and Evil Activities called Masters Of Symphony🤣 its a very hardcore dance track. I asked my friend if he recognised the sample music because it sounded old and my friend told me it is O Fortuna so thats how I discovered the original.

Classical pianists perform the notes that someone else has worked out for them; often a hundred years previously or more. Jazz pianists compose (once improvising away from the given melody), arrange and perform simultaneously in real time on the gig. The chord symbols each present hundreds of alternative choices with respect to how chord tones are distributed around the keyboard and which may be altered, added or omitted. To do this they need to understand music theory at it's most complex and to compute a score in their own heads many times per second all the time they are playing. In addition they need to be musically inventive, responsive to other players in the band and to exercise artistic judgement and good taste while being supremely virtuosic on the keys. They also need to have a thorough appreciation of the work of the many jazz greats which have preceded them over the past century. Scary? You bet! However, jazz musicians get the satisfaction of creating new music every time they play. Classical musicians miss out on this. And, don't forget, the jazz repertoire has most of the best tunes. Sadly, the majority of jazz musicians are poorly paid for pursuing their art so maybe one should stick with the Chopin.

Hmm. “O Shenandoah I long to hear you Away, you rolling river…” Why would anyone question if this is about the Shenandoah River?

Please post some of your singing videos/recordings!

Thank you for this. I was learning about it at Berklee and it wasn't making a lot of sense until this provided a lot of context.

Sorry to Virginia's Shenandoah folks - but it isn't anything to do with Virginia. There's a town called Shenandoah in Iowa. It is sited on the bank of the Missouri River and is reportedly named for a native american. The song is about voyagers on the Missouri River.

Thanks. I love the song. I tried many times to research it and never felt I got it. Now with your interpretation, I know why. I'm not slow after all.😀The thing that makes the most sense is "Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter". So I conclude it to be a love song of perhaps one of those trappers you mentioned trying to gain approval from Indian Cheif Shenandoah.

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This is is my translation of the ancient classic... Sumer is icumen in anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1260 AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Summer is a-comin’! Sing loud, cuckoo! The seed grows, The meadow blows, The woods spring up anew. Sing, cuckoo! The ewe bleats for her lamb; The cows contentedly moo; The bullock roots, The billy-goat poots ... Sing merrily, cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, You sing so well, cuckoo! Never stop, until you're through! Sing now cuckoo! Sing, cuckoo! Sing, cuckoo! Sing now cuckoo! Published by Rural Wonca, The Museum of Camp and The HyperTexts

Sumer is icumen in, an update a modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch (this update of an ancient classic is dedicated to everyone who suffers with hay fever and other allergies) Sumer is icumen in Lhude sing achu! Groweth sed And bloweth hed And buyeth med? Cuccu! Originally published by Lighten Up Online (as Kim Cherub)

😂 hear Also with vídeo the song Dexieland