Polish National Hymn: Bogurodzica (She who gave birth to God)

Details
Title | Polish National Hymn: Bogurodzica (She who gave birth to God) |
Author | OrthodoxRose98_SecondChannel |
Duration | 5:32 |
File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=JqZJfPYPyco |
Description
About the chant:
As the first poem composed in Polish, Bogurodzica has a firm place in Polish cultural history. The hymn is an instance of the most archaic form of the Polish language and an example of medieval religious ‘high art’ music.
The name of the hymn, Bogurodzica (‘she who gave birth to God’) was actually a translation from the Greek ‘Theotokos’. It dates, most likely, from the thirteenth century. Several versions of it, together with musical notation, have been preserved, and, as a matter of fact, the song became, for few centuries, a k.
The Bogurodzica was the coronation song of the Polish king Ladislaus I and the battle song of the Poles in the battles of Tannenberg in 1410 and Varna in 1444.