The Cambridge Songs {Carmina Cantabrigiensia} (Cambridge, University Library MS Gg. 5.35) are an important collection of Latin poems that English scribes copied in the middle of the eleventh century. The poems come from across medieval Europe and include some classical Latin verse. A number of poems concern music, six have at least some neumes, and many have formal associations with music (sequences, “modus” in title). Breul’s facsimile edition (1915) is available online, as well as Strecker’s edition (1926). The current best edition is that of Ziolkowski (1994).
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