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Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences

John Mason Neale (1818 - 1866)

This book is a collection of English translations of medieval Latin hymns. It contains interesting historical and/or liguistic facts about each hymn, some of which are still used in one form or other in the modern Christian church.

Note: An asterisk implies a belief that the piece so marked has not previously appeared in an English translation. (The Author) - Summary by Devorah Allen

Genre(s): Lyric, Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Introduction	Devorah Allen	00:04:01
Play 01	Pange lingua gloriosi. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580.	Leni	00:05:06
Play 02	Vexilla Regis prodeunt. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:04:46
Play 03	*Apparebit repentina magna Dies Domini. Seventh century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:06:56
Play 04	*Sancti, venite, Corpus Christi sumite. Seventh century.	KevinS	00:02:08
Play 05	*Hymnum canentes Martyrum. Venerable Bede. Died 735.	esharp	00:04:26
Play 06	Urbs beata Jerusalem. Eighth century.	esharp	00:05:25
Play 07	Gloria, laus, et honor. St. Theodulph of Orleans. Died 821.	esharp	00:04:28
Play 08	Tibi, Christe, Splendor Patris. B. Hrabanus Maurus. Died 856.	Leni	00:02:02
Play 09	*Lauda, Mater Ecclesia. St. Odo of Cluny.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:02:50
Play 10	*Chorus Novæ Jerusalem. B. Fulbert of Chartres. Died about 1029.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:01
Play 11	*Audi nos, Rex Christe. Eleventh century.	Leni	00:01:31
Play 12	*Gravi me terrore pulsas, vitæ dies ultima. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:05:11
Play 13	*Crux mundi benedictio. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:08
Play 14	*Cives Cœlestis Patriæ. Marbodus of Rennes. Died 1125.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:23:12
Play 15	Lætabundus. St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Died 1153.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:25
Play 16	*Hic breve vivitur. Bernard of Cluny. Twelfth century.	KevinS	00:16:55
Play 17	*Patris Sapientia, Bonitas Divina. Twelfth century.	Adrian Stephens	00:07:04
Play 18	*Cœnam cum discipulis. Twelfth century.	Adrian Stephens	00:06:47
Play 19	*Jucundare, plebs fidelis. Adam of St. Victor. Died about 1180.	Adrian Stephens	00:07:57
Play 20	*Ecce dies celebris. Adam of St. Victor.	Adrian Stephens	00:05:40
Play 21	*Zyma vetus expurgetur. Adam of St. Victor.	Adrian Stephens	00:08:54
Play 22	*Laudes Crucis attollamus. Adam of St. Victor.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:08:40
Play 23	*Quam dilecta tabernacula. Adam of St. Victor.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:11:27
Play 24	*In hoc anni circulo. Apparently of the twelfth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:08:00
Play 25	O Filii et Fillæ. Apparently of the twelfth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:04:33
Play 26	*Surrexit Christus hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century.	Alan Mapstone	00:01:56
Play 27	*Finita jam sunt prœlia. Apparently of the twelfth century.	Alan Mapstone	00:01:43
Play 28	*Jam pulsa cedunt nubilia. Apparently of the twelfth century.	Alan Mapstone	00:01:40
Play 29	*Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. Apparently of the twelfth century.	Alan Mapstone	00:02:37
Play 30	*Cœlos ascendit hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century.	Alan Mapstone	00:01:38
Play 31	*Ecce tempus est vernale. Thirteenth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:41
Play 32	Adoro Te devote, latens Deitas. St. Thomas Aquinas. Died 1274.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:47
Play 33	Pange lingua gloriosi. St. Thomas Aquinas.	Leni	00:05:54
Play 34	Alleluia, dulce carmen. Thirteenth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:02:54
Play 35	*Dies est lætitiæ. Thirteenth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:02:41
Play 36	*Cedant justi signa luctus. Fourteenth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:54
Play 37	*Novi partus gaudium.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:04:09
Play 38	*Omnis fidelis gaudeat.	KevinS	00:01:57
Play 39	*Gloriosi Salvatoris. Fifteenth century.	KevinS	00:02:06
Play 40	*O beata beatorum.	KevinS	00:01:57
Play 41	*Tandem fluctus, tandem luctus.	KevinS	00:01:32
Play 42	*Attolle paullum lumina. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.	KevinS	00:03:00
Play 43	*Exite, Sion Filliæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:04:10
Play 44	*Huc ad jugum Calvariæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:04:25
Play 45	*Triumphe! plaudant maria. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:03:10

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