Songs with descants, 2 part songs, rounds and canons
Summer is icumen in
Summer is icumen in is a Round or Canon (like Row Your Boat!).
A Round or Canon is a song in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody, but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but it still fits together. Good examples of Rounds/Canons include "Row Your Boat", "3 Blind Mice" and "Frere Jaques." Summer is icumen in was written in England in the 13 th Century possibly by John of Fornsette but we consider it to be anonymous. A double round is when 2 rounds are sung simultaneously. The first round "sing cuckoo" is in 2 parts and the 2nd round "Summer is icumen in" is in 4 parts, so there are 6 parts in total.
Imitation is a term we use for each voice copying the other as in a round.
An Ostinato is a repeated musical idea
Type of song - Round/canon (double round - 2 rounds simultaneously)
Tempo - Allegretto – Lively less lively than allegro
Metre - 2
Form - Double Round. A, B, C, D, E
Mood - Cheerful
Ostinato video??? imitation and ostinato video????.
A Round or Canon is a song in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody, but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but it still fits together. Good examples of Rounds/Canons include "Row Your Boat", "3 Blind Mice" and "Frere Jaques." Summer is icumen in was written in England in the 13 th Century possibly by John of Fornsette but we consider it to be anonymous. A double round is when 2 rounds are sung simultaneously. The first round "sing cuckoo" is in 2 parts and the 2nd round "Summer is icumen in" is in 4 parts, so there are 6 parts in total.
Imitation is a term we use for each voice copying the other as in a round.
An Ostinato is a repeated musical idea
Type of song - Round/canon (double round - 2 rounds simultaneously)
Tempo - Allegretto – Lively less lively than allegro
Metre - 2
Form - Double Round. A, B, C, D, E
Mood - Cheerful
Ostinato video??? imitation and ostinato video????.
Lyrics
Summer is icumen in sing loudly, cuckoo!
Seed grows and meadows bloom and the wood springs forth anew.
Sing, cuccu!
The ewe bleats after the lamb the cow lows after the calf the bull leaps, the . Murie sing,
cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu,
you sing well, cuccu.
Never be quiet now,
ever!
Sing cuccu nu, sing cuccu!
Sing cuccu, sing cuccu
nu!
Seed grows and meadows bloom and the wood springs forth anew.
Sing, cuccu!
The ewe bleats after the lamb the cow lows after the calf the bull leaps, the . Murie sing,
cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu,
you sing well, cuccu.
Never be quiet now,
ever!
Sing cuccu nu, sing cuccu!
Sing cuccu, sing cuccu
nu!
Chosen Songs
A Quodlibet is a mixture of 2 popular songs, the fore-runner to the modern day 'mash-up'. We've arranged our own Quadlibet based on 'Summer Loving' and 'What makes you beautiful'. These 2 songs fit so well together because they are based on the same chord progression, have similar rhythm, metre (4/4) and tempo.
Alternatively, any of the canons mentioned on this page can be used as our choice song.
Alternatively, any of the canons mentioned on this page can be used as our choice song.