Agincourt Carol - Medieval English Song

Vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a 15th century song recounting the contemporary Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years War, in which King Henry V of England struck a decisive blow at the French army in Agincourt. The song was found in the Trinity Carol Roll, a collection of thirteen carols and one of the earliest examples of English polyphony. I decided to add my own polyphonic twist to the song, as was usual practice back then. In the Late Middle-Ages, polyphony was still expected to be highly malleable and the different vocal and instrumental lines would still spontaneously improvise different vertical lines in every performance. This song is a representation of the very latest stages of Western European Medieval music. Situated at the very end of the Middle-Ages, it can be contrasted with earlier Medieval music I covered on this channel, like Chevaliers Mult Estes Guariz or Ja Nuls Om Pris, or Ave Maris Stella. As the Middle-Ages draw to a close, Western music as we