medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bonnie Blackburn wrote:
>
> The text is traditionally attributed to Wipo of Burgundy (d. 1050).
> It is one of the four sequences retained after the Council of Trent.
> It has a wonderful melody.
>
> The version Bill gave is the modern, sanitized version of the
> sequence; it lacks the paired line of the last versicle, before
> 'Scimus Christum':
> Credendum est magis soli Marie veraci, quam Judeorum turbe fallaci.
>
> Since this line appears in medieval and Renaissance motet settings of
> the sequence (there is a famous one by Josquin, which has the music
> of two French songs in the upper voice), it has sometimes proved
> problematic in modern performances.
I don't know how modern the sanitization is: that line is not in the Liber
Usualis. (It is still there in the Sarum Use - alternate verses are sung by
the two sides of the choir, so omitting it will cause problems even in
chant.)
John Briggs
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