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Reading is famous for the music of "Sumer is icumen in" which came from its library. The original manuscript is in the British Library. A copy of the manuscript and more information is on the website http://www.soton.ac.uk/~wpwt/harl978/sumerms.htm. Click here to go to the What to hear page. |
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In the cloister writing the music of "sumer is icumen in". The picture commissioned by Dr Hurry around 1910. Copyright Reading Museum Service (Reading Borough Council). All rights reserved. |
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'Sumer is icumen in' from a manuscript of the
thirteenth century written at Reading Abbey , a version in stone to be
seen on the wall of the Abbey Cloister.
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