Thank you, Liber! I initially entered the language as "Latin and Middle French" in the MW, but I wasn't sure about this classification. The source ascribes it to the 10th century, which would make it old French. It doesn't look like Old French to me, but I can't claim to be an expert in this area. I entered Latin in the metadata.Liber wrote: ↑July 22nd, 2020, 6:45 am I have made an attempt at "Orientis Partibus".
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Orientis Partibus, by Anonymous
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/illustrationsbi00towngoog/page/n254/mode/2up
Duration: 4:10
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/msw025_orientispartibus_anonymous_le_128kb.mp3
Link to work on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Ass
Key Words: multilingual, latin, french, medieval, feast of the ass
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The music is from:
https://archive.org/details/officedepierred00villgoog/page/n24/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/riverdalehymnb00dodd/page/372/mode/2up
I copied the scores above and used the "Noteflight" software to create wav files.
I have progressively accelerated tempo and increased key, to produce a disorderly, cacophonous effect. The last part, suddenly slowed down to the same tempo as at the beginning, is supposed to remind the listener that this is still a religious hymn - some feeling of devotion is supposed to be experienced, to some extent. From beginning to end, the key is increased by one octave, exactly 12 semitones: this was intentional and serves a purpose, as the piece ends in the same key as it had begun.
The Latin text was chanted with ecclesiastical pronunciation; my French was brayed alright, and I did nothing to accentuate that. Some additional braying introduce and end the piece (I imitated the braying myself, and applied special effects in Audacity).
Thank you for your time,
Liber
Michael
A very special contribution. And yes, the French is definitely not totally modern 
but still very comprehensible. But French didn't undergo as many extreme changes as English for example.
¡Gracias por tus aportaciones!
