Fsdss-871.mp4 -
The number 871 suggests it's part of a series or sequence. The .mp4 extension shows it's a video file. The user is asking it to be helpful, so they probably want me to use the video content somehow. But without more context, I can't watch the video or see its contents.
I should ask for clarification. Maybe they want to know how to access the video's content, or how to use it? Since I can't process videos directly, I need to guide them differently. Let me check if there's metadata I can use, but in this case, there's no additional info provided. So the best approach is to respond by requesting more details about what they need help with regarding the video. I'll avoid making assumptions and ask specific questions to better assist them. FSDSS-871.mp4
It is Wolcum Yoll – never Yule. Still is Yoll in the Nordic areas. Britten says “Wolcum Yole” even in the title of the work! God knows I’ve sung it a’thusand teems or lesse!
Wanfna.
Hi! Thanks for reading my blog post. I think Britten might have thought so, and certainly that’s how a lot of choirs sing it. I am sceptical that it’s how it was pronounced when the lyric was written I.e 14th century Middle English – it would be great to have it confirmed by a linguistic historian of some sort but my guess is that it would be something between the O of oats and the OO of balloon, and that bears up against modern pronunciation too as “Yule” (Jül) is a long vowel. I’m happy to be wrong though – just not sure that “I’m right because I’ve always sung it that way” is necessarily the right answer