the first quatrain, the poem was originally intended to be sung. Indeed, as noted by Stephen Medcalf, Emeritus Reader in English at the University of Sussex, the text itself seems to imply melody and verse. However, due to the oral tradition of the time, the original melody of the song was not notated and over the course of time was forgotten. Since the rediscovery of the text, many composers have set the text to music, amongst them diverse choral or vocal interpretations by Martin Shaw, Patrick Hadley, Roger Quilter, John Gerrish, Gustav Holst, Arnold Bax Peter Warlock, R.R. Terry, Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten ("As Dewe in Aprille" in his Ceremony of Carols),Benjamin Britten, A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 (1942) Ronald Corp (1975), Philip Lawson a setting published by Walton Music, John Adams (as the chorus "I Sing of a Maiden" in his opera-oratorio El Niño), and Bob Chilcott (in his "Salisbury Vespers"). The work is also regularly performed by the Mediaeval Baebes. The setting composed by Miklós Rózsa is also included in the 1953 Knights of the Round Table'' film score. See also List of Christmas carols References 15th-century poems British poems Middle English poems Marian hymns Christmas carols Sloane Manuscript 2593