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Caedmon's Song
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A song based on the oldest surviving English poem, Caedmon's hymn of Creation.
electronica spiritual holy chillout etherial
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Ambient electronica, chillout dance beats, ethereal vocals or occasionally harp. Feel free to livestream/record any of these in internet church services.
Abbess was the composer in residence for the Visions creative multimedia collective and church service in York from 1991-2010. She then went to work for Leeds Minster before moving South to Winchester Cathedral. Now she is working for the Transcendence Trust. A few years ago she added some free downloads of settings of ancient songs used in the mornng prayer liturgy. Abbess' music ranges from classically influenced chill-out pieces through trip hop to departures into the land of techno. Feel free to use the mixes and/or words in a non-profit church service situation, and let her know if they liked it!
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Genre
Electronic • Downtempo
Charts
Peak #77
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
Abbess
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Abbess
Uploaded
November 25, 2003
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MP3 4.8 MB • 128 kbps • 5:15
Story behind the song
This song has an amazing story behind it. (too long a story to tell here, but plenty of websites mention it) of how the cowherd Caedmon, who couldn't sing, miraculously found his voice, and became the first English poet. I've wanted to set the poem, ever since I saw it carved on a huge stone cross overlooking the town of Whitby. I tried to keep the sense of the original poem in my song, whilst translating it into modern English, and making it fit a tune easily. I thought it would be nice to include the original poem as a sample though, and needed a male Yorkshire voice to play Caedmon. Paul volunteered to do the sample for me and did a fantastic job!
Lyrics
Now must we praise The Guardian of Heaven's realm. The Creator's might, and his Mind's thought. The glorious works of the Father. How, of every wonder, He, the Lord Eternal, laid the foundation. He shaped erst for the son's of men. Heaven as their roof. Holy Creator. The Middle World, he,mankind's guardian, Eternal Lord) Afterwards prepared the Earth for men. Lord almighty. How shall we praise The guardian of Heaven bright? How can we sing Of our makers might? The thoughts of our God Our Father's artistic mind The wonder of life Our Creator kind. Foundations of earth He shaped from the very first For children to dance By heaven's expanse A shelter of stars With space as our canopy Creator divine Our guardian through time The centre of Earth He made as a garden green Nurtured, prepared For humans to share Creator divine With love in your sacred mind Your hands worked to build A wonderful world.
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