26 December Saint Stephen's Day (blessing of horses) [a day later for Eastern Orthodox] carol reference: "Good King Wenceslas"
Do we know if St. Stephen's Day has always been Dec 26 in the Western church?
I ask, because a famous work of French music was written for the mass of St. Stephen's Day, 1199, Perotin's "Sederunt Principes". I don't know we have any earlier surviving music for which we know the specific premier date. I've been going with the assumption that Dec 26 is the day in question.
That's a really interesting question, and I wonder whether it will turn out to be an easy or difficult one to answer. That will be a cool thing to know about that piece!
Now that I've finally slept a few hours (I didn't last night) I guess it's time for me to jump into another Google/Wikipedia rabbit-hole!
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carol reference: "Good King Wenceslas"
Do we know if St. Stephen's Day has always been Dec 26 in the Western church?
I ask, because a famous work of French music was written for the mass of St. Stephen's Day, 1199, Perotin's "Sederunt Principes". I don't know we have any earlier surviving music for which we know the specific premier date. I've been going with the assumption that Dec 26 is the day in question.
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Now that I've finally slept a few hours (I didn't last night) I guess it's time for me to jump into another Google/Wikipedia rabbit-hole!