494. Let the song be begun

Text Information
First Line: Let the song be begun
Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) (alt.)
Refrain First Line: Ideo, o, o
Meter: 666.66 with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Poetry, Folksong
Tune Information
Name: PERSONENT HODIE (THEODORIC)
Composer: Didrik Pederson of Äbo
Harmonizer: George R. Woodward (1848-1934) (alt.)
Meter: 666.66 with Refrain
Key: e minor or modal
Source: Piae Cantiones,, Greifswald (1582); Harm.: The Cowley Carol Book (1947)
Copyright: Harm. by permission of A. W. Mowbray and Company Ltd.
Notes: Public Domain



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