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(Posted 2007-10-01) CPDL #15110: (ABC)

Editor: Kitty Briton (submitted 2007-09-28). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 82 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: ABC file zipped.

General Information

Title: Bryd one brere
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 1v Voicing: T
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Middle English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: c. 1300
Description: The First English Love Song. Once upon a time, a bored English cleric flipped over a papal bull which was already a hundred years old and began to write down a song. That song today is recognized as being the oldest extant English love song. Bryd one Brere is an honest confession of undying love (from the poet to a bird in a tree), devotion, and :praise of a lady. It eloquently conveys the very heart of amor courtoise. Its soaring melody is one of the most beautiful melodies ever written, yet it conveys some element of bittersweetness.

External websites:

Original text and translations

English text

Bird on a briar, bird on a briar, mankind has come of love, love to crave.
Blissful bird, rue thou on me, or ready, love, ready thou me my grave.
I am so blithe, so blithe, bird on a briar, When I see that maid in the hall.
She is white of limb, lovely, :true, She is fair and the flower of all.
Might her I have at my will, steadfast of love, lovely, and true,
Of my sorrow she might me save, Joy and bliss were ever new to me.

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-S:http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/Songs/brydonebrere.htm<BR>
+:{{EdNotes|ABC file zipped.}}
-M:3/4 % meter<BR>
-L:1/4 % length of shortest note<BR>
+==General Information==
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+'''Title:''' ''Bryd one brere<br>
-K:G % key<BR>
+{{Composer|Anonymous}}
-V:1 % voice 1<BR>
+{{Lyricist|}}
-A2 G/F/ | E2 E/F/ | A A G/F/ | E2 E | c2 B |<BR>
-w:Brid o-ne bre--re, brid, brid o-ne bre-re, Kind is<BR>
+{{Voicing|1|T}}
-w:Ich am so bli-the so bryg-hit o-ne bre-re, Whan I<BR>
+{{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}}
-w:Mik-te hic hi-re_ at wil-le_ ha-ven, Ste-de-<BR>
+{{Language|Middle English}}
-(3c/B/c/ A B | c/B/ c/A/ B | c2 c | c/B/ A B |<BR>
+{{Instruments|A cappella}}
-w:co---me of lo-ve, lo-ve to- cra-ve. Blith---ful<BR>
+{{Pub|1|c. 1300}}
-w:se___ that hen---de in hal-le Yhe__ is<BR>
+{{Descr|The First English Love Song. Once upon a time, a bored English cleric flipped over a papal bull which was already a hundred years old and began to write down a song. That song today is recognized as being the oldest extant English love song. ''Bryd one Brere'' is an honest confession of undying love (from the poet to a bird in a tree), devotion, and :praise of a lady. It eloquently conveys the very heart of amor courtoise. Its soaring melody is one of the most beautiful melodies ever written, yet it conveys some element of bittersweetness.}}
-w:fast___ of lo-ve, lo-ve-li, tre-we, Of__ mi<BR>
+{{#ExtWeb:
-A2 B | B/A/ G/A/ G/F/ | (3d/c/B/ d c/B/ |<BR>
+*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/Songs/brydonebrere.htm Article on a University of Chicago Personal Web Page]
-w:bri-d on_ me_ thu_ re----we_<BR>
+*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/index.htm Constance Fairfax's Commonplace Book - Medieval Resources]
-w:quit of lime,_ lo--ve-lich, tre---we, Yhe_<BR>
+*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/Songs/ More Medieval songs]
-w:sor-we yhe_ may_ me_ sa----ven;_<BR>
+*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/14cmusandpoet.htm About 14th century music and poetry]
-G/F/ (3G/F/E/ F | G2 B | B/A/ G/A/ G/F/ | G2 G |]<BR>
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medieval_composers About 14th century composers]
-w:or_ greith,__ lef, greith thou me---- my-- gra-ve.<BR>
+*[http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html Play an ABC source file here]}}
-w:___ ys__ fayr and flur___ of_ alle._<BR>
-w:Ioye____ and blise were eere___ me_ ne-we.<BR>
+==Original text and translations==
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+{{Text|English|
+Bird on a briar, bird on a briar, mankind has come of love, love to crave.
+Blissful bird, rue thou on me, or ready, love, ready thou me my grave.
+I am so blithe, so blithe, bird on a briar, When I see that maid in the hall.
+She is white of limb, lovely, :true, She is fair and the flower of all.
+Might her I have at my will, steadfast of love, lovely, and true,
+Of my sorrow she might me save, Joy and bliss were ever new to me.}}
+[[Category:Sheet music]]
+[[Category:Medieval music]]