The Agincourt Carol
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2015
- The Agincourt Carol was written in celebration of the victory of the English against the French at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. 600 years later the carol is sung at the Tower of London.
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![Agincourt Carol, "Deo Gracias Anglia" [English, 15th Century]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5vX8i7zFLDg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Agincourt Carol, "Deo Gracias Anglia" [English, 15th Century]](/img/tr.png)
I'm so glad there are people passionate enough about history to enliven it so thoroughly as this
ME TOO
You must be from the 'States'? These aren't revivalists these are locals from the historic county of Yorkshire, this is their modern dress and how you will see many a maiden and young man in the streets especially round the towns of Whitby and Hebden Bridge.
@@benedictearlson9044 Haha (actually I'm from down under)
Deo gratias = Thanks be to god.
I've learned this quote from Warcraft 2 game.
If you click Church(one of Human Alliance Buildings) building in game,
you can hear it.
Always have had a huge connection to medieval and early english history, so it was quite exciting to learn of my great grandfather (x16 or something) who was a relatively prominent Welsh nobleman who died at Agincourt fighting alongside King Henry V. Now, I can't help but feel some sense of pride and deep, deep respect inside of me whenever I hear this song or read/watch anything about Agincourt. One of the most brilliant military victories in English history, no doubt, so I'm honored to know that my great (etc) grandfather laid down his life for king and country that day. Brilliant performance, truly moving really.
gristlelick if you've never heard the live version sung by June Tabor and maddy prior..give it a listen. The melody is much more haunting (which imo fits better)
@@heishephaestion4178 this is better on my opinion
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Might I suggest Ken Theriot's Folk song, " Agincourt" sounds right up your alley. I came here from that song
@@ootob Great song. Though I particularly love the version of Agincourt Carol by The Young Tradition (I even have it as my alarm haha).
never happened.
[2:30] "Ther lordys, erles and barone
Were slayne and taken and that full soon,
Ans summe were broght into Lundone
With joye and blisse and gret renone." There be a gret vowel shyft syns this were penned.
This song makes me grateful for my English heritage
shut up nobody cares
This tune is used in the Presbyterian hymnal, with different words. "Oh, Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High"
I was looking for a version of this song to help me learn it, and I'm choosing this one. Thanks for creating and sharing it!
Great job on the song. Listening to it, I really feel like I'm in the age of chivalry.
Excellent - at last a rendition that I like! Thanks
Really well sung, and played.
Check out on Spotify a version by a 60s British folk group called “The Young Tradition.” I like to think it’s the version they would have been sung in the streets and taverns.
youtube literally has anything you can dream of...
well done.
Simply beautiful!
1:53
"Through France for all the French Toast"
Lol
What the Hundred Years War was really all about, obviously :-P
This is lovely, thanks.
Amazing singing!!!
Clam Chowder did a version where, halfway through, they started using the tune from the Banana Boat Song.
As someone whos passionate it about Medieval English History, I find this incredible!
Greetings from America I loved this really amazing
"Deo gratias Anglia:
Redde pro victoria."
So they sang of Agincourt,
Where many a bold knight fought,
Though good King Henry met his end
In the castle of Vincennes
With "dysentery fulle sore"
(You can still see the brown stains on the floor).
True, they had their chivalry,
But only for nobility;
If you happen to be common,
Expect to be "welle shitte upon".
For countless years, the English bows
Had been enough to beat their foes
And run amok in France
As they readily advanced.
Crecy too, and Poitiers:
Away from home, they always played
So well! But failed to look ahead
And never saw the coming dread
Of terrifying guns,
Traumatising sons:
Inexorably leading on
To Formigny and Castillon.
(Frenchies 5: Engelonde 1.)
This is fantastic!
Nice!
I think the voice sung by the soprano needed to be doubled by another given the acoustics of the performance environment. Otherwise, lovely! Great to hear.
Brilliant stuff. Can anyone point me to this arrangement? I would love to sing this with my family.
Thank you for the reminder! *;-)*
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I am trying to figure out if the music is preharmonic. I think so. I think there is some unison singing and some polyphony.
It's polyphonic for sure. But polyphony has been around for many thousands of years.
It's pre-Common Practice harmony, if that's what you meant.
Teacher: Alright everyone, today we will be learning about the Hundred Years War
Girls: ugh I hate history, who cares
Myself and the fellow Yeomen:
oml. top comment right here
wOw OmG bOyS aRe So QuIrKy
@@sophistikitten6347 Fun fact: in ye Olde Days of Geoffrey Chaucer and ye like, 'girl' (or rather, 'gyrl') was used as a catch-all for young people in general.
Who are the performers. though? Great singing, and the Lady is so pretty!
Good effort but how hard is it to learn the original pronunciation?
That'll show those |Frenchies
Guess who lost the Hundred Years' War!
@@rolandscales9380 Henry VI was a dumbass, if we had someone else on the throne we might have held it for another hundred years.
@@rolandscales9380 Technicality hostilities where concluded in 1475 with the Treaty of Picquigny, where Louis XI bought Edward IV off after he invaded in 1474 with the promise of Burgundian support which failed to materialize. Both monarchs agreed that the issue of the English claim to the French throne would fall to arbitration, which never came to pass.
The Duke of Gloucester apparently wasn't a fan, thinking it rather dishonorable.
To any French in the comments: does France still "rue" the battle of Agincourt? I suppose one of your ancestors might have been killed there.
τhe modern english pronounciation sort of messes up the ryming
Those clothes can't be cheap
Nope! Especially the lady, shes in a Burgundian gown and Henin. Those would've been for court only. As the Burgundian gowns were often made of silk with fur. An average woman would be merely worn the kirtle, the red layer you see on her dress.
Not pronouncing the words rights
England - englond
Cry - cree
should be obvious since it was written in way which should rhyme
@@poki580 well, modern English IS very different from Chaucer's English / Medieval English
@@bcjmythical9576 Yes but the song isnt written in modern english so it shouldnt be sung with its rules, tho im not english so i really dont have a say in it
@@poki580 Don't worry about it. English people like it thoiugh foreigners don't :-)
@@bcjmythical9576 yes but this is a medieval song.
The guy on the left doesn’t even look English
ok you guys know half of your song is in modern english not middle english, back then they spoke middle english
They probably translated it into modern English so everyone can understand what the song is about and increase the songs appeal.
The dislikes must be from French people
Get orrf
I love music. But Henry V had no business attacking France. It was all ego. He attacked because he was sent tennis balls for his 22nd birthday by the French king, and he thought it was an insult.
....... but it was an insult. That is why the King of France sent them. You're being very literal.
It was taken as an insult. We peons get insulted all the time, but don't start wars over it. If the King's pride was hurt, many had to die.
You have an imperialistic attitude. Parts of France belonged to English kings and queens in the Middle Ages. Re; Eleanor of Aquitaine, par example
Yes. That was Europe in the Rennaisance I'm afraid. Was it right? I don't think so, but pretty much the same thing happened in the First World War in the 20th Century. When enjoying historic music it really is not productive to get hung up on the beliefs of the time. Listening to the music can give us a window into how people felt in the past, it doesn't mean we are buying into the things we reject in the modern world. Listening to 19th Century American music does not mean we agree with slavery. Listening to Early baroque music does not mean we agree with burning witches.......... and listening to the Agincourt Carol does not mean we are in favour of invading France (with the exception of Johannes Liechtenauer who seems quite keen).
The whole tennis ball insult is alas a Shakespearean idea, possibly based on an actual occurrence of something of the ilk, but historians do not know for sure. In reality, Henry invaded France largely for two reasons: to reclaim the lands guaranteed to England's Crown by the French in the 1366 Treaty of Brétigny, and to secure his own position on the throne (following his father's overthrowing of the previous king of England) by showing Europe his favour with God through successful military endeavours.
Hopefully the woke narrative at the order of the day will not totally destroy history
British propaganda since 1415
Woah, an English patriotic song written in 1420 for English audiences is biased against England's traditional foe, who would have ever guessed.
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hon hon hon