Origins of Carols
Gone Medieval
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The Carols Are Different From the Choir Books of the 15th Century
Choir books from households like the Deaf Caronters household, Jeafbed Bidd's household are absolutely massive they are basically constructed so that ensemble of singers can stand in front of them and all sing from the page together. The Carol books on the other hand are actually quite small the four we have the four polyphonic ones we have. medieval memory is a completely different thing to our modern understanding of memory where we have a lot of technology around us constantly reminding us of things if we're forgetting something put a reminder on your phone buzzers tells you you need to do this medieval practice.
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