Caedmon

...The latter's disciple was Alcuin, who participated in Charlemagne's educational policy. It is also worth noting that England had two poets of this period who produced religious poetry in Old English: Caedmon (late 7th century) and Cynewulf (late 8th century). Among the many writers who gathered at Charlemagne's court, the most famous poets were Theodulf of Orléans (c. 750-c. 821) and Angilbert (c. 745-c. 814), who wrote the Easter Sunday hymn "Glory, praise, and honor, O Christ the Redeemer." Paulus Diaconus (c. 720-c. 797), who wrote "History of the Lombards," also wrote poems such as "The Life of Pope Gregory the Great" and "Hymn to John the Baptist," which became the source of the octave scale.

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…後者の高弟がカール大帝の文教政策に参じたアルクインである。この時代にイギリスは，古代英語で宗教詩を制作した2人の詩人，キャドモンCaedmon(7世紀末)とキネウルフ(8世紀末)をもったことも注目に値する。　カールの朝廷に集まった多くの文人中，詩人として名高いのは復活祭前主日の賛歌《栄えと称賛，誉れとを享（う）けたまえ，あがない主キリストよ》などの作者オルレアンのテオドゥルフTheodulf(750ころ‐821ころ)やアンギルベルトAngilbert(745ころ‐814)らであるが，《ランゴバルド史》の作者パウルス･ディアコヌスPaulus Diaconus(720ころ‐797ころ)にも《大教皇グレゴリウス伝》や，8音階の源となった《バプテスマのヨハネへの賛歌》などの詩がある。…

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