Sumer Is Icumen In

[Dave Monroe]

Sumer Is Icumen In

"Sumer Is Icumen In" is a traditional English round, and possibly the
oldest such example of counterpoint in existence. The title might be
translated as "Summer has come in" or "Summer has arrived".

The round is sometimes known as the Reading rota because the
manuscript comes from Reading Abbey though it may not have been
written there. It is the oldest piece of six-part polyphonic music
(Albright, 1994). Its composer is anonymous, possibly W. de Wycombe,
and it is estimated to date from around 1260. The manuscript is now at
the British Library. The language is Middle English, more exactly
Wessex dialect.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer_Is_Icumen_In

Sumer is icumen in
London, British Library, MS Harley 978, f. 11v

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~wpwt/harl978/sumerms.htm

Svmer is icumen in

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~msmiller/sumercanon.html