Gaudete

First of all: I know my pronunciation of the Latin is far from perfect, but I tried my best!

I recorded myself singing the old traditional song, Gaudete. I learned it by listening to the Steeleye Span version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBZ8v9L8444

All of the tracks are me, and I recorded it using my laptop and the built-in microphone. Then, I set the song to paintings. Below is some history about the song.

Download the mp3 for free here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?1mwbf3vdjib

From Wikipedia:
"Gaudete" ("Rejoice") is a sacred Christmas carol, composed sometime in the 16th century, most likely in reference to Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday in Advent. It is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church falling between December 11 and December 17 inclusive. 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."

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• gaudete
• steeleye
• span
• christmas
• carol
• paintings
• jesus
• mary
• christian

[purpurteufel]

WOW that was beautiful

[lifeinacndyswrl]

@purpurteufel Thank you!

[agonoiz13]

what for a language is this ?

[lifeinacndyswrl]

@agonoiz13 Latin

[Metalhammer1993]

even your latin is not perfect it´s great. you have a nice voice. my respect.

[lifeinacndyswrl]

@Metalhammer1993  Thanks!

[bobetaylor1]

this is the best song

[gcpropertymanagement]

Great music!

[nimpo46]

i was listening to just listen to the song, then i read it was you covering it! thought it was just a recording i'd never heard before! brilliant. I thought the Latin pronunciation was perfect, but I have no knowledge of Latin pronunciation.

[PuissantAlgernon]

There's isn't a 'correct' pronounciation of Latin, really. There are two different dialects that tend to be used - classical and mediaeval - but frankly, it's a dead language. Anyone who tries to speak it is inevitably going to be influenced quite heavily by their mother tongue.

[belaud44]

C'est si joli.  Merci!

[shadima100]

Bravo, excellent, you pronounce it much better than even I can ever try. My aramaic, my mother tongue, sounds even worse. :D Bravo. Honestly, it was great!

[1977Futre]

@rl1712 Lol partridge fan.

[1977Futre]

Very very good. Fantastic.

[rl1712]

Listen to this it'll blow your socks off..

[repanark]

the sound is very nice, but your pronunciation it isn't correct. If you want, you can see other version in my profile with the correct pronunciaton. I'm sorry, but i'm very bad speaking and writing english!!! =)