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Gaudete by Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span
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Steeleye Span Formed In 1969 From Members Of Fairport Convention And Out Of The Ashes Of Sweeney's Men Creating A Distinctive Fusion Of Both British Folk With Electric Rock Music. The Resulting First Version Of The Band Was Formed By Ex-Fairport Bassist Ashley Hutchings And Built Around Two Pairs Of Vocalists Tim Hart And Maddy Prior And Gay & Terry Woods. Rhythm Was To Be Supplied Largely By Hutchings' Bass And Without Drums. Tensions Between The Band Grew During The Production In 1970 Of Their First Album Hark! The Village Wait To The Point Where They Never Again Worked Together After Its Completion But The Music Itself Shows No Signs Of These Difficulties. While Having A Rock Sensibility There Is A Greater Sense Of The Authentic Folk Tradition Than Even In The Best Of Fairport And A Particular Beauty Arising From The Two Pairs Of Voices. The Woods Being Replaced By Admired Folk Stalwart Martin Carthy With Violinist Peter Knight To Widen The Musical Textures The Group Late In 1970 Recorded Their Most Admired Record Please To See The King. Ten Man Mop Followed In 1971 More Accomplished But Generally Felt To Be Less Exciting. The Expensive Gatefold Sleeve Swallowed The Band's Royalties And Was Referred To As A Tombstone Since Hutchings And Carthy Then Left To Pursue Hutchings' New Vision Of A Specifically English Strand Of Folk Rock With The Albion Band And Steeleye Mk 2 Folded. However The Inclusion Of The Less Celebrated And More Rock Orientated Replacements Rick Kemp And Bob Johnson Led To The Most Commercially Successful Phase In The Band's Existence Vocalist Maddy Prior Becoming The Primary Focus Of The Band And A Run Of Well Received Albums From Below The Salt And Now We Are Six Their First With Drummer Nigel Pegrum To Their Eighth And Most Commercially Successful All Around My Hat In 1975. Still Active They Have A Claim To Be One Of The Longest-Lived And Perhaps The Most Commercially Successful Of All The Folk Rock Bands Of The Era Thanks To Their Hit Singles Gaudete And All Around My Hat 3 Top 40 Albums And Even A Certified "gold" Record With All Around My Hat. Tim Hart Died Of Lung Cancer On 24 December 2009 Aged 61.
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Steeleye-Span - Below The Salt
"Gaudete" "Rejoice" Is A Sacred Christmas Carol Composed Sometime In The 16th Century. The Song Was Published In The Piae Cantiones A Collection Of Finnish/Swedish Sacred Songs Published In 1582. No Music Is Given For The Verses But The Standard Tune Comes From Older Liturgical Books. The Text In Latin Is A Typical Song Of Praise Probably Stemming From The Middle Ages. It Follows The Standard Pattern For The Time - A Uniform Series Of Four-Line Stanzas Each Preceded By A Two-Line Refrain In The Early English Carol This Was Known As The Burden . Carols Could Be On Any Subject But Typically They Were About The Virgin Mary Or The Saints Of Christmas. The English Folk Group Steeleye Span Had A Hit In 1973 No. 14 UK Singles Chart With An Acappella Recording Of The Song. Band Guitarist Bob Johnson Heard The Song When He Attended A Folk-Carol Service With His Father-In-Law In Cambridge UK And Brought It To The Attention Of The Rest Of The Band. This Single Is One Of Only Three Top 50 British Hits To Be Sung In Latin The Others Were Both Recordings Of "Pie Jesu" From Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem Firstly By Sarah Brightman And Paul Miles-Kingston In 1986 Secondly As A Minor Hit By The 12-Year-Old Charlotte Church In 1998 In 1975 Mike Oldfield Had A Top 10 Hit With "In Dulci Jubilo" But This Latin Song Was Performed As An Instrumental . "Gaudete" Is Also One Of Only A Handful Of Acappella Performances To Become Hit Singles.
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Steeleye Span Formed In 1969 From Members Of Fairport Convention And Out Of The Ashes Of Sweeney's Men Creating A Distinctive Fusion Of Both British Folk With Electric Rock Music. The Resulting First Version Of The Band Was Formed By Ex-Fairport Bassist Ashley Hutchings And Built Around Two Pairs Of Vocalists Tim Hart And Maddy Prior And Gay & Terry Woods. Rhythm Was To Be Supplied Largely By Hutchings' Bass And Without Drums. Tensions Between The Band Grew During The Production In 1970 Of Their First Album Hark! The Village Wait To The Point Where They Never Again Worked Together After Its Completion But The Music Itself Shows No Signs Of These Difficulties. While Having A Rock Sensibility There Is A Greater Sense Of The Authentic Folk Tradition Than Even In The Best Of Fairport And A Particular Beauty Arising From The Two Pairs Of Voices. The Woods Being Replaced By Admired Folk Stalwart Martin Carthy With Violinist Peter Knight To Widen The Musical Textures The Group Late In 1970 Recorded Their Most Admired Record Please To See The King. Ten Man Mop Followed In 1971 More Accomplished But Generally Felt To Be Less Exciting. The Expensive Gatefold Sleeve Swallowed The Band's Royalties And Was Referred To As A Tombstone Since Hutchings And Carthy Then Left To Pursue Hutchings' New Vision Of A Specifically English Strand Of Folk Rock With The Albion Band And Steeleye Mk 2 Folded. However The Inclusion Of The Less Celebrated And More Rock Orientated Replacements Rick Kemp And Bob Johnson Led To The Most Commercially Successful Phase In The Band's Existence Vocalist Maddy Prior Becoming The Primary Focus Of The Band And A Run Of Well Received Albums From Below The Salt And Now We Are Six Their First With Drummer Nigel Pegrum To Their Eighth And Most Commercially Successful All Around My Hat In 1975. Still Active They Have A Claim To Be One Of The Longest-Lived And Perhaps The Most Commercially Successful Of All The Folk Rock Bands Of The Era Thanks To Their Hit Singles Gaudete And All Around My Hat 3 Top 40 Albums And Even A Certified "gold" Record With All Around My Hat. Tim Hart Died Of Lung Cancer On 24 December 2009 Aged 61. read less
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"Gaudete" ("Rejoice") is a sacred Christmas carol, composed sometime in the 16th century. The song was published in the Piae Cantiones, a collection of Finnish/Swedish sacred songs published in 1582. No music is given for the verses, but the standard tune comes from older liturgical books.
The text, in Latin, is a typical song of praise, probably stemming from the Middle Ages. It follows the standard pattern for the time - a uniform series of four-line stanzas, each preceded by a two-line refrain (in the early English carol this was known as the burden). Carols could be on any subject, but typically they were about the Virgin Mary or the Saints of Christmas.
The English folk group Steeleye Span had a hit in 1973 (No. 14, UK singles chart) with an acappella recording of the song. Band guitarist Bob Johnson heard the song when he attended a folk-carol service with his father-in-law in Cambridge (UK), and brought it to the attention of the rest of the band.
This single is one of only three top 50 British hits to be sung in Latin (the others were both recordings of "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem; firstly by Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston in 1986, secondly as a minor hit by the 12-year-old Charlotte Church in 1998; in 1975 Mike Oldfield had a top 10 hit with "In Dulci Jubilo" but this Latin song was performed as an instrumental).
"Gaudete" is also one of only a handful of acappella performances to become hit singles.
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