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:'''Editor:''' [[User:Lil Miss Picky|Kitty Briton]] ''(added 2007-09-28)''.   '''Score information: '''A4, 2 pages, 82 kbytes   '''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Lil Miss Picky|Kitty Briton]] ''(added 2007-09-28)''.   '''Score information: '''A4, 2 pages, 82 kbytes   '''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]
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==General Information==
==General Information==
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'''Composer:''' [[Anonymous]]
'''Composer:''' [[Anonymous]]


'''Number of voices:''' 1vv '''Voicing:''' T<br>
'''Number of voices:''' 1v '''Voicing:''' T<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Madrigals|Madrigals]]<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Madrigals|Madrigals]]<br>
'''Language:''' English<br>
'''Language:''' [[English]]<br>
{{a cappella}}
{{a cappella}}
'''Published: ''' c 1300<br>
'''Published: ''' c. 1300<br>


'''Description: ''' The First English Love Song.<br>
'''Description: ''' The First English Love Song.<br>
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:Bryd one Brere is an honest confession of undying love (from the poet to a bird in a tree), devotion,  and<br>
:Bryd one Brere is an honest confession of undying love (from the poet to a bird in a tree), devotion,  and<br>
:praise of a lady.  It eloquently conveys the very heart of amor courtoise. Its soaring melody is one of the <br>
:praise of a lady.  It eloquently conveys the very heart of amor courtoise. Its soaring melody is one of the <br>
:most beautiful melodies ever written, yet it conveys some element of bittersweetness. <br>
:most beautiful melodies ever written, yet it conveys some element of bittersweetness.
 


'''External websites: '''
'''External websites: '''
More about "Bryd one brere:
*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/Songs/brydonebrere.htm Article on a University of Chicago Personal Web Page]
:http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/Songs/brydonebrere.htm
*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/index.htm Constance Fairfax's Commonplace Book - Medieval Resources]
 
*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/Songs/ More Medieval songs]
Constance Fairfax's Commonplace Book - Medieval Resources:
*[http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/14cmusandpoet.htm About 14th century music and poetry]
:http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/index.htm
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medieval_composers About 14th century composers]
 
*[http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html Play an ABC source file here]
More Medieval songs:
:http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/Songs/
 
About 14th century music and poetry:
:http://home.uchicago.edu/~atterlep/Music/14cmusandpoet.htm
 
About 14th century composers:
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medieval_composers
 
Kitty Briton:
:http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5085378
:http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DEZvkn4mdKvQ_rCscDGUCKEdcpuoHTHS
 
Play an ABC source file here:
 
:http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English}}


{{Text|English}}
:Bird on a briar, bird on a briar, mankind has come of love, love to crave. <br>
:Bird on a briar, bird on a briar, mankind has come of love, love to crave. <br>
:Blissful bird, on me have pity, or build, love, build me my grave. <br>
:Blissful bird, on me have pity, or build, love, build me my grave. <br>

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General Information

Title: Bryd one brere
Composer: Anonymous

Number of voices: 1v Voicing: T
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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

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Bird on a briar, bird on a briar, mankind has come of love, love to crave.
Blissful bird, on me have pity, or build, love, build 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.