minstrel: Carmina Burana

[L Joseph]

--- Dustin <dmusica at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Can someone tell me when the song "Bache bene
> venies" (cb 200) was written?

The liner notes from the Boston Camerata's recording
"Carmina Burana" say:  
"A few lines of this poem [Bacche, bene venies, CB
200] appear, with music, in the French mystery play
Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), written in
Beauvais, France ca. 1200."

> In Avatar's (Al Cofrin) Medieval Book, there are no
> dates on any of the
> Carmina Buranas except #116 (Sic mea fata) and that
> is 11-13th c. Do you
> think it is safe to assume that would aply to all of
> them?

The manuscript known as the Carmina Burana or Codex
Buranus dates from the 13th century, however, many of
the three hundred odd poems and songs contained
therein date from at least the 12th century and have
been identified based on appearances in other
manuscripts, as is the case with "Bacche, bene
venies." (In other instances, pieces have been
identifiable as parodies of other extant works.)

If you are a CB fan, I recommend the Boston Camerata
recording - the liner notes are pretty good about
identifying what sources they've used in coming up
with their arrangements.  There's also a Naxos budget
CD by two German ensembles (Ensemble Unicorn and
Ensemble Oni Wytars) and their arrangement of "Bacche,
bene venies" is the most bacchanalian one I've heard
to date. Fun stuff!

Cheers,
Jehanne de Wodeford, West Kingdom

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Queen of all the herds!"  - Mrs. Miggins, "Blackadder III: Duel & Duality."

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