The poem recreates the exuberant cacophony of summertime, exploding with life (sometimes rudely, as in the case of the flatulent billy goat). We offer it here in both its original form and in a ...

It brought to mind two things: the first was Delius’s tone poem On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring (the clarinet that echoes the cuckoo’s call near the end of the piece has always struck me as ...

“Sumer is Icumen in,” or the “Cuckoo Song,” is one of the oldest songs in the English language. Composed around the 1260s, the piece joyously rings in the arrival of warmer weather.

“Sumer Is Icumen In” (also called the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song) is a medieval English round song of the mid-13th century. This rota is the oldest… ...

The beautifully preserved manuscript contains poems, fables and medical texts – and is the only written record of ‘Sumer is icumen in’. The song is a ‘rota’ or round, a canon for several voices (in ...

Bruce Ely/The Oregonian"Sounds of Oregon" -- sn alphorn in the Wallowa Mountains I always get to May with a sense of relief. The season is winding down, the push to find time and room to write ...

The Sumer Is Icumen In manuscript is the oldest known musical round with English words, according to the British Library One of the oldest composed songs in Britain has been modernised for a ...

The seasons change. Spring officially rolled into summer at 5:04 a.m. this past Friday, heralding warmth in the air and the sensual heat of Shakespeare's comedies. In Central Park, under Daniel ...

This 800-year-old song was written in the 13th century, making it one of the oldest songs in English. It also contains the first recorded use of the word… ahem, 'fart' This 800-year-old song comes ...

CD recordings used will be Sumer Is Icumen In (The Hilliard Ensemble) - Chandos CHAN 9396, and Miri It Is (The Dufay Collective) - Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951154. Tags.