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Swan Sequence
The Swan Sequence (incipit: Clangam, filii "I shall cry out, my sons") is an anonymous Carolingian-Aquitainian Latin poem sequence first written around 850. Its melody, Planctus cygni ("Swan's Lament"), was popular for some two centuries after its composition.
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The Swan Sequence (incipit: Clangam, filii "I shall cry out, my sons") is an anonymous Carolingian-Aquitainian Latin poem sequence first written around 850. Its melody, Planctus cygni ("Swan's Lament"), was popular for some two centuries after its composition.
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