Swan Sequence

The Swan Sequence (incipit: Clangam, filii "I shall cry out, my sons")^[a] is an anonymous Carolingian-Aquitainian Latin poem sequence first written around 850.^[1] Its melody, Planctus cygni^[b] ("Swan's Lament"), was popular for some two centuries after its composition.^[2]

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^ For the poem see Peter Godman (1985), Latin Poetry of the Carolingian Renaissance (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press), 69–71 (analysis), 322–325 (poem, with translation).
^ Stevens, John E. (1986). Words and Music in the Middle Ages: Song, Narrative, Dance, and Drama, 1050–1350. CUP Archive. pp. 110–114. ISBN 0-521-33904-9. presents the melody with lyrics.

[2] For the poem see Peter Godman (1985), Latin Poetry of the Carolingian Renaissance (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press), 69–71 (analysis), 322–325 (poem, with translation).

[stevens-4] Stevens, John E. (1986). Words and Music in the Middle Ages: Song, Narrative, Dance, and Drama, 1050–1350. CUP Archive. pp. 110–114. ISBN 0-521-33904-9. presents the melody with lyrics.

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