Christmas Carols and Their Stories
Puzzle 07 · Carols of the Middle Ages · Page 19 in print
Piae Cantiones
A copy of Piae Cantiones reached England by early 1853 with G. J. R. Gordon, Queen Victoria’s envoy at Stockholm, who is believed to have given it to his friend John Mason Neale.
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The words
Cantios
Medieval Latin songs sung in schools, the contents of the book.
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Ferber
Augustin Ferber, the Greifswald printer of the 1582 book.
Finland
The country where the songs were sung and the editor was born.
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Friderici
Daniel Friderici, who arranged the enlarged 1625 edition.
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Gaudete
The Christmas song set for four voices in Piae Cantiones.
Greifswald
The Baltic town where Piae Cantiones was printed in 1582.
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Hemminki
Hemminki of Masku, who translated the texts into Finnish in 1616.
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Nyland
The Finnish province Theodoricus Petri came from.
Pomerania
The Baltic region where Greifswald lies.
Puer Nobis
Puer nobis nascitur, a Christmas song in the collection.
Rostock
The Baltic city where Daniel Friderici, editor of the 1625 edition, was cantor.
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Stockholm
Where Gordon served as Queen Victoria’s envoy.
Sweden
The kingdom that then ruled Finland, where these songs were sung in schools.
Theodoricus
Theodoricus Petri, the Finnish student who edited the book.
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Turku
The Finnish cathedral town whose school sang these songs.
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Sources
- English Summary - Musiikin historiaaUniarts Helsinki (Sibelius Academy), Music History in Finland, English summary
- G. R. Woodward, ed., Piae Cantiones … originally published in 1582 by Theodoricus Petri of Nyland (Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society, 1910), preface and notes; archive.org scan piaecantiones0000revgInternet Archive