Leanate

There are several versions of this song on the internet, I have the original score and a review of its’ first performance in ‘Gilles et Jeanne’ a fictional play by Donald Reid  about Joan of Arc and Gilles De Rais in 1992 in the Edinburgh Fringe.

Here is the original manuscript :

Leanate is the only homophonic piece on the album Emotional Sense, obvious religious overtones, but with no meaning as all the words are a made up quazi French/Latin, just the enjoyment of that area of harmonious melody.

I am aiming at a medieval style but breaking all the rules as using parallel 5ths and octaves, which was not characteristic of the polyphonic style.

Reviews of the original show ‘Gilles et Jeanne’ staged in 1992 Fringe Festival.

and a performance at St Mary Aldermary in 2014

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