Sheet music

Original

Bryd one brere. Anonymous. A cappella. Secular , Madrigal. Language. Middle English.

Translation

Bryd one brere. Anonymous. A cappella. Secular , Madrigal. Language. Middle English.

Original

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.

Translation

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.