Origins of Carols
Gone Medieval
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Is the Carol for Christmas?
A medieval performer would have been able to memorize a lot of repertoire in a far more capable manner than we perhaps would now. There is indications of a monophonic form of the carol and David Fellows has written about this a bit. Carols were for a variety of different purposes it was for expressing the nativity as well so we've got boar's head carol dia gracias anglia which was sung after henry the fifth's return from battle of ashen core.
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