A medieval music manuscript has gone on display in the town where it was created for the first time in nearly 500 years. Sumer Is Icumen, also known as the 'Reading Rota' is thought to have been ...

“Sumer Is Icumen In” (also called the Summer Canon and the Cuckoo Song) is a medieval English round song of the mid-13th century. This rota is the oldest known musical composition featuring six-part ...

Its lyrics - translated from Middle English - include "Summer has come in, loud sing cuckoo" and heralds in the warmer seasons A medieval music manuscript has gone on display in the town where it was ...