I am so sorry to hear that today Owain Phyfe has passed away. He was a beautiful artist and a purveyor of history that may never be recreated so uniquely again.
@suvajit das It's in old Norman FRENCH, so it HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MODERN FRANCE, because it's a part of our language's roots and France's History ! Please stop to be unpleasant. Pack up your certainties.
@@vicomptedemontecristo3851 Oh la la, it is occitan language (still speaked in the south of France) and with William the conqueror England was rather a part of the "Duché de Normandie".
@@vicomptedemontecristo3851 Normandy was a part of England, because they conquered England. Not because it is culturally the case. So Norman French is indeed a part of the Medieval French Language.
@@musalyre1691 I am half french and I speak it fluently, you are correct when it comes to Norman influence on Modern France, however, at the time languages differed from region to region and is just a variation of old French and influenced partly by English so i can understand a bit of this.
I heard Owain sing live a couple of times. I was always amazed how consistent his performances were. He always gave 100% with his singing, and his voice was so expressive and immediate.
It's a Chitarra Batente. That style guitar is actually part of the lute family, and it dates back to Italy in the 1600s. From what I recall, their main function is to accompany a singer rather than be a lead sort of instrument. You can find more info online.
@@leone.6190 The OP is 10 years old, so I don't think they're gonna' reply and unfortunately, I'm not educated enough in the field to be of any help to you.
@@nitusingh393 hm, that is true. Though, I have seen miracles in CZcams comments happen, so... :D No, thank you anyways for heeding my request, but after a while I found out myself, that Owen liked to tune his Chitarra in open tunings. (Tuning the strings, to make them ring out as a chord) So after intently watching his fingerings and matching it to what is heard, I figured it out myself. Have a nice Sunday and a good start into the week! 👋
This song was written in BOTH French and Occitan by Richard. Owain tuned his Chitarra with a variation of Irish guitar open tunings. I believe DADGAD but in open Eb on the chitarra and Lute G on the vihuela when he used that. I play it on my cavaquinho which is tuned to A (ukeleles are an offshoot of covaquinho's). I play it Ab to F# for the intro and the verse is F# to D
Thank you so much for posting.. While in Vienna Austria on my 30th birthday, we took the 6am train northeast to wonderful wine country on the Danube and had breakfast up in some ruins overlooking where another river joins the Danube, high up in a castle ruins there was a jail cell with a fantastic view. 2 years later, researching history, I read on a snowy nigh in Iowa - Richard Coeur de Lion” The book further says - Richard, who was imprisoned in this durchstein returning from a crusade. I was astonished to see It was 900 years to the day of my photos of the ruin’s cell. A month later, back home in Ohio there is a concert with a new troubadour down the street in the national park where we lived in a rented cabin. The Kent state music college strings department joined this guy name Owain. The weather was snowing hard outside, we were entranced in a mystical music time travel with Owain and the cellos, violins,etc.. He performed this song and it’s become my favorite song of all. God bless you and thank you for posting this video. Owain was a man with a mission, who did not live in a castle that I know, but probably the back of a van at the time as he journeyed - maybe a bit like Richard’s army van. Owain had a rare gift of language and music - but he didnt hide it under a bushel basket - he put it out there for the world he knew. Such a the highest admiration of a musician that I know of in recent time. Thank you so much Owain and the posting party !
this was the first song i found of his many years ago. "And when like her, oh Saki, you shall pass Among the Guests star-scatter'd on the Grass, And in your joyous errand reach the spot Where I made one -- turn down an empty Glass!" Omar Khayam
This is by far the ghost BEAUTIFUL and soulful version of this song that I have heard. And Eleanore of Aquitaine was a rock star! Just a note,Richard was her and King Henry ll’s 3rd son not 1st.But Richard was Eleanore’s (out of the 8 children she bore from her second husband Henry, &she bore 2 daughters from her first marriage to Louis Vll of France) favorite and he sat by her side learning about life and rule in Aquitaine longer than his Narcissistic/sadistic/Sociopathic dad! So Richard, unlike his brothers possessed intellect and a soul. Side note, Eleanore was also imprisoned by Henry II for 2 years for supporting her sons after she found out they were going to rebel against their psycho dad. He let her out 2 years later to see her children, because Henry wanted an annulment to marry his longtime mistress. But if she would have agreed, he would have been able to claim her Dutchy and her other substantial ancestral lands. The icing on the cake was that she also would have to enter a nunnery until she died.She refused so he imprisoned her again for 14 more years. She was release by Richard right after Henry kicked the bucket. Also she lived to be 82! That’s pretty awesome considering that the average life expectancy of a Noble woman was ~43 during that time while being ~33 for a commoner. I agree w/ the comment above, I too am saddened by not knowing of this incredibly gifted man! Godspeed Owain Phyfe❤️
@katriesen "Jamais nul homme prisonnier" C'est de l'ancien francais. Cette chanson est attribuee a Richard Coeur de Lion alors qu'il est retenu prisonnier au retour de croisade, attendant que sa rancon soit payee, comme l'explique le chanteur (en anglais).
@ke0zjose Not Provencal, which was langue d'oc. Richard Coeur de Lion spoke the northen French language of langue d'oil, which evolved into modern French in time.
@zikes83 Ca m'avait étonné la première fois que j'ai lu ce texte. Probablement un dialecte de transition (la limite linguistique était bien plus au nord à l'époque me semble-t-il).
Roflcopter4b hi !! i am french ..... he don't sing in modern French ...... he is singing in OIL Langage, as the song was critten. The pronounciation is not so bad ..... Oil langage had many different accent .... Ile de France, Normandie, Picardie, Champagne, Hainaut , vermandois, ....etc .....
Baptiste Bauer One thing I can tell you for sure that he is doing wrong is in not pronouncing final consonants. When this song was written the word "non" for example was pronounced with an actual 'n' at the end, unlike modern French and unlike the way he pronounced it.
Roflcopter4b i am agree with you !! some word he pronounces havent the right sonority ! I believed you talk about the lyrics. The songer pronounce some words very well, and some .... too modern ! he says : "Chanson" as actually we pronounce. He must says : "Chainson" ( sound : [ch] + [ number 1 in French :p ] ) If you are interessted by a new version sing by Luc Arbogast - It is, in my opinion, The Best version over youtube :p czcams.com/video/PvHc5cIvzlY/video.html
Roflcopter4b an other song by an english speak ! very good version too ( but with modern pronounciation too for some words :p i guess there is sound very difficult to use for english people ) czcams.com/video/sMZ3mSVcSKg/video.html
i was too late to know this amazing human being.. RIP owain.
He is greatly greatly missed.
@@grimscriven He really is..
So very lovely, and damn I still miss him.
I am so sorry to hear that today Owain Phyfe has passed away. He was a beautiful artist and a purveyor of history that may never be recreated so uniquely again.
It's sad to hear
Unknown to the French public and that is a pity.
Such voices plunging the depths of the soul should never die.
Go in peace for eternity.
@suvajit das
It's in old Norman FRENCH, so it HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MODERN FRANCE, because it's a part of our language's roots and France's History !
Please stop to be unpleasant.
Pack up your certainties.
But we have Luc Arbogast.
@@vicomptedemontecristo3851 Oh la la, it is occitan language (still speaked in the south of France) and with William the conqueror England was rather a part of the "Duché de Normandie".
@@vicomptedemontecristo3851 Normandy was a part of England, because they conquered England. Not because it is culturally the case. So Norman French is indeed a part of the Medieval French Language.
@@musalyre1691 I am half french and I speak it fluently, you are correct when it comes to Norman influence on Modern France, however, at the time languages differed from region to region and is just a variation of old French and influenced partly by English so i can understand a bit of this.
This is so beautiful that it hurts.
So right! Like some of the works of Chopin.
He had an angelic voice
i was too late to know him.. i didn't know that he is no more in earth. RIP, owain ..
I heard Owain sing live a couple of times. I was always amazed how consistent his performances were. He always gave 100% with his singing, and his voice was so expressive and immediate.
I...I don't understand the magic of this song, but it moves me in ways I can't describe.
I understand what you mean. It's simple yet moving, and quite sad at the same time.
Owain played at my local Renn faire for years. I never missed a set.
It's a Chitarra Batente. That style guitar is actually part of the lute family, and it dates back to Italy in the 1600s. From what I recall, their main function is to accompany a singer rather than be a lead sort of instrument. You can find more info online.
Thank you very much. I wondered about that for a long time. Do you also know in wich tuning he has it? Best regards.
@@leone.6190 The OP is 10 years old, so I don't think they're gonna' reply and unfortunately, I'm not educated enough in the field to be of any help to you.
@@nitusingh393 hm, that is true. Though, I have seen miracles in CZcams comments happen, so... :D
No, thank you anyways for heeding my request, but after a while I found out myself, that Owen liked to tune his Chitarra in open tunings. (Tuning the strings, to make them ring out as a chord)
So after intently watching his fingerings and matching it to what is heard, I figured it out myself.
Have a nice Sunday and a good start into the week! 👋
R.I.P. Owain.
This song was written in BOTH French and Occitan by Richard. Owain tuned his Chitarra with a variation of Irish guitar open tunings. I believe DADGAD but in open Eb on the chitarra and Lute G on the vihuela when he used that. I play it on my cavaquinho which is tuned to A (ukeleles are an offshoot of covaquinho's). I play it Ab to F# for the intro and the verse is F# to D
Thanks man
Thank you so much for posting.. While in Vienna Austria on my 30th birthday, we took the 6am train northeast to wonderful wine country on the Danube and had breakfast up in some ruins overlooking where another river joins the Danube, high up in a castle ruins there was a jail cell with a fantastic view. 2 years later, researching history, I read on a snowy nigh in Iowa - Richard Coeur de Lion” The book further says - Richard, who was imprisoned in this durchstein returning from a crusade. I was astonished to see It was 900 years to the day of my photos of the ruin’s cell. A month later, back home in Ohio there is a concert with a new troubadour down the street in the national park where we lived in a rented cabin. The Kent state music college strings department joined this guy name Owain. The weather was snowing hard outside, we were entranced in a mystical music time travel with Owain and the cellos, violins,etc.. He performed this song and it’s become my favorite song of all. God bless you and thank you for posting this video. Owain was a man with a mission, who did not live in a castle that I know, but probably the back of a van at the time as he journeyed - maybe a bit like Richard’s army van. Owain had a rare gift of language and music - but he didnt hide it under a bushel basket - he put it out there for the world he knew. Such a the highest admiration of a musician that I know of in recent time. Thank you so much Owain and the posting party !
Great version of the old Richard ballad, wonderful sung!!! Thanks a lot!
I still remember the day I met Owain at the MD Faire, he sat me down and sang this. It is still my favorite of all of his songs *smile*
this was the first song i found of his many years ago. "And when like her, oh Saki, you shall pass
Among the Guests star-scatter'd on the Grass,
And in your joyous errand reach the spot
Where I made one -- turn down an empty Glass!" Omar Khayam
We will be planting a memorial tree at Sherwood Forest Faire during our Celtic Music Festival in two weeks. Long may his music be remembered.
This is by far the ghost BEAUTIFUL and soulful version of this song that I have heard. And Eleanore of Aquitaine was a rock star! Just a note,Richard was her and King Henry ll’s 3rd son not 1st.But Richard was Eleanore’s (out of the 8 children she bore from her second husband Henry, &she bore 2 daughters from her first marriage to Louis Vll of France) favorite and he sat by her side learning about life and rule in Aquitaine longer than his Narcissistic/sadistic/Sociopathic dad! So Richard, unlike his brothers possessed intellect and a soul. Side note, Eleanore was also imprisoned by Henry II for 2 years for supporting her sons after she found out they were going to rebel against their psycho dad. He let her out 2 years later to see her children, because Henry wanted an annulment to marry his longtime mistress. But if she would have agreed, he would have been able to claim her Dutchy and her other substantial ancestral lands. The icing on the cake was that she also would have to enter a nunnery until she died.She refused so he imprisoned her again for 14 more years. She was release by Richard right after Henry kicked the bucket. Also she lived to be 82! That’s pretty awesome considering that the average life expectancy of a Noble woman was ~43 during that time while being ~33 for a commoner.
I agree w/ the comment above, I too am saddened by not knowing of this incredibly gifted man! Godspeed Owain Phyfe❤️
Love that beautiful voice ❤❤❤❤
a voice both haunting and beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.
Outstanding performance from a man who shared his passion and understanding of the past.
His voice sounds very calm.
great voice , great song
Prononciation très plausible .... nice
I'm gonna have to put this cd back on my ipod. I love the fact that I have it now. =) This song is beautiful btw.
this comment makes me old
so thank you for sharing this, it is beautiful and powerfully elegant. such calm melody, what a inner strength
absolutely amazing
Utterly wonderful.
You will be sorely missed old friend.
This is fantastic.
Song begins: 1:25
@katriesen
"Jamais nul homme prisonnier"
C'est de l'ancien francais. Cette chanson est attribuee a Richard Coeur de Lion alors qu'il est retenu prisonnier au retour de croisade, attendant que sa rancon soit payee, comme l'explique le chanteur (en anglais).
Un esprit ressuscité au ciel
Lionheart.
two kings meet
❤
:'-(
Blessings.
QUE CANÇÃO LINDAAAAAAAAAAA😱😘💐🌄
@ke0zjose
Not Provencal, which was langue d'oc. Richard Coeur de Lion spoke the northen French language of langue d'oil, which evolved into modern French in time.
meraviglioso tanto pathos
@zikes83 occitan was/is the langue of southern france. provençal is a dialect of occitan
@zikes83 Ca m'avait étonné la première fois que j'ai lu ce texte. Probablement un dialecte de transition (la limite linguistique était bien plus au nord à l'époque me semble-t-il).
@katriesen "Jamais nul homme pris", littéralement.
Cool
only problem is that Richard I wasn't Eleanor's first-born =p
We need tab
@rmmultifaceted Contact him through facebook. Owain Phyfe is his facebook name.
Anyone know the chord forms used here?? Capo on the second fret, but what are the chords used? I suspect he may be using dadgad tuning (?).
I think that’s 17th century guitar.
Amazing, any way to find chords/tabs for this?
hi can you send the chords?
It's in F# minor; that's as far as my ear knows. Maybe C# minor?
Does anyone know, which chords are used in this song?
anyone knows wich chords is this song played with?
chords?
owain passed.
anyone has the chords?? ;-;
F#m Bsus2 and E
Or
Capo 2
Em Asus2 and D
Guitar battent have no bass but strings but his have strange
Not french normand but occitan.
Not occitan, this version is in oïlitan.
He's singing it in modern French. It was not written in modern French. It should be pronounced very differently than what he is doing.
Roflcopter4b hi !! i am french ..... he don't sing in modern French ...... he is singing in OIL Langage, as the song was critten. The pronounciation is not so bad .....
Oil langage had many different accent .... Ile de France, Normandie, Picardie, Champagne, Hainaut , vermandois, ....etc .....
Baptiste Bauer
One thing I can tell you for sure that he is doing wrong is in not pronouncing final consonants. When this song was written the word "non" for example was pronounced with an actual 'n' at the end, unlike modern French and unlike the way he pronounced it.
Roflcopter4b i am agree with you !! some word he pronounces havent the right sonority !
I believed you talk about the lyrics.
The songer pronounce some words very well, and some .... too modern !
he says : "Chanson" as actually we pronounce. He must says : "Chainson" ( sound : [ch] + [ number 1 in French :p ] )
If you are interessted by a new version sing by Luc Arbogast - It is, in my opinion, The Best version over youtube :p
czcams.com/video/PvHc5cIvzlY/video.html
Baptiste Bauer Luc Arbogast is a french medieval singer famous in france.
He is a kinda Trouvère ^^
Roflcopter4b an other song by an english speak ! very good version too ( but with modern pronounciation too for some words :p i guess there is sound very difficult to use for english people )
czcams.com/video/sMZ3mSVcSKg/video.html
Utterly wonderful.