A fascinating collection exploring the musical riches from a most colorful period, the Middle Ages. Reflecting the atmosphere of a time where disease and sudden death were counterbalanced by faith and 'joie de vivre', this volume contrasts sacred settings such as the ever-popular Gaudete Christus Est Natus and previously unpublished Jesu Dulcis Memoria with such medieval secular classics as Sumer Is Icumen In, Agincourt Carol and the celebratory Passetime With Good Company.