>> THANK YOU.

>> AND IMAGINE IN A LONG LOST

SONG BY LENNON AND MCCARTNEY WAS

REDISCOVERED OR ONE BY GERSHWIN?

THAT IS THE DISCOVERY OF NEW

SONGS THAT DATE BACK 450 YEARS

IS BEING DESCRIBED FOUND IN A

SMALL BOOK THAT HAD GONE

UNNOTICED FOR CENTURIES.

EDDIE ARRUZA TELLS US HOW SOME

OF THE SONGS ARE BEING BROUGHT

BACK TO LIFE HERE IN CHICAGO.

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>> IT IS A SURE THING YOU HAVE

NEVER HEARD THIS MUSIC BEFORE.

IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT NO ONE

ELSE IN THE LAST 400 YEARS HAS

HEARD IT EITHER.

THE SONG IS ONE OF NEARLY 50

SHORT WORKS HANDWRITTEN IN THIS

POSTCARD-SIZED BOOK LOST FOR

CENTURIES AND THAT SUDDENLY

RESURFACED FIVE YEARS AGO.

>> THIS NEWLY DISCOVERED VERY,

VERY RARE SONGBOOK FROM THE 15TH

CENTURY JUST APPEARED OUT OF

NOWHERE.

>> IT'S CALLED THE SONGBOOK

NAMED AFTER THE CITY IN BELGIAN

WHERE IT'S BEEN HOUSED.

AN ART DEALER BOUGHT IT AS PART

OF A STACK OF OLD PAPERS BUT THE

BUYER REALIZED IT WAS NOT JUST

ANOTHER ANTIQUE BOOK.

HE TOOK IT TO A MUSICOLOGIST AT

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY WHO

CONFIRMED IT WAS AN

EXTRAORDINARY FIND.

>> A LOT OF PIECES FROM THE 15TH

CENTURY COME FROM MULTIPLE

SOURCES THEY WERE COPIED INTO

OTHER MANUSCRIPTS OR

COLLECTIONS.

BUT THIS BOOK HAS 12 PIECES THAT

WERE UNIDENTIFIABLE AND THAT IS

EXCITING.

>> THE DISCOVERY MAKES THE

SONGBOOK ONLY THE SIXTH KNOWN

SONGBOOK FROM THE 1400'S TO

SURVIVE.

NOTHING LIKE IT HAS BEEN FOUND

IN NEARLY A CENTURY.

THE ELEGANT COVER IS LARGELY

INTACT AND THE HANDWRITTEN MUSIC

INDICATE IT WAS PROBABLY OWNED

BY A WEALTHY ARTS PATRON BUT WHO

THAT WAS REMAINS A MYSTERY.

AND THE BIGGER RIDDLE IS WHO

WROTE THE MUSIC?

>> THERE IS THAT KIND OF ATANT

LIDZING PROMISE THAT THERE IS

AMONG UNIQUE PIECES A PIECE BY A

FAMOUS COMPOSER JUST NOT

IDENTIFIED.

>> THAT RIDDLE MAY NEVER BE

SOLVED BUT IN THE MEANTIME EARLY

MUSIC GROUPS LIKE CHICAGO'S

NEWBERRY CONSORT ARE JUMPING AT

THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM THE

NEW OLD TUNES.

>> I THINK THIS MUSIC IS RIGHT

UP THERE WITH THE BEST OF ANY

MUSIC OF THIS ERA THAT I'VE

PLAYED.

>> THE NEWBERRY CONSORT AND

MEMBERS OF A SIMILAR EARLY MUSIC

GROUP BASED IN CLEVELAND WILL

GIVE THE CHICAGO PREMIER OF

WORKS FROM THE SONGBOOK THIS

WEEKEND.

BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF

CHALLENGES IN ADAPTING THE

ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT FOR

MODERN-DAY PERFORMANCES.

>> WHEN WE WORK WITH A PIECE

FROM A SOURCE LIKE THIS WE HAVE

TO SCORE IT UP AND FIND WHAT

ERRORS MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED IN

THE COPYING.

SOMETIMES IT'S IN THE TEXT AND

SOMETIMES IN THE NOTES AND COULD

BE RHYTHM, COULD BE PITCH AND

FIGURE OUT HOW THE PIECE IS

MEANT TO GO.

THE MUSIC DOES NOT SPECIFY WHO

IS TO SING OR PLAY A GIVEN PART

THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO

EXPLORE ON OUR OWN BASED ON

LOOKING AT PICTURES OF GROUPS

PERFORMING MUSIC AND WHAT

INSTRUMENTS COMMONLY PLAYED

TOGETHER SOME WRITTEN

DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE PLAYING

AND SINGING TOGETHER.

>> THE SONGS ARE IN FRENCH AND

DEAL WITH THE MANY ASPECTS OF

LOVE AND WHILE THE SONGBOOK DOES

NOT SPECIFY WHAT INSTRUMENTS

SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE TUNES,

EARLY MUSIC EXPERTS HAVE CLUES

OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN USED.

AMONG THE INSTRUMENTS THE

NEWBERRY CONSORT WILL EMPLOY IS

THE PREDECESSOR OF THE MODERN

VIOLIN CALLED THE VIEL.

THE INSTRUMENTATION WILL INCLUDE

A FASCINATING RELIC THAT APPEARS

IN RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS.

IT LOOKS LIKE A DOLL HOUSE SIZED

ORGAN AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S CALLED THE ORGANETTO.

FACSIMILES OF THE SONGBOOK HAVE

BEEN PUBLISHED RECREATING THE

SIZE AND LOOK.

FOR MUSIC FANS AND THE

PROFESSIONALS THE DISCOVERY HAS

BEEN AN ONGOING HOLIDAY GIFT.

>> LIKE CHRISTMAS FOR CHRISTMAS

FOR CAL MUSICIANS WE COULD NOT

WAIT TO GET OUR HANDS ON THE

MUSIC AND WE WOULD PUT A CONCERT

TOGETHER THAT FEATURED THE BOOK.

>> AND TO THE COMPOSER OF THE

SONGS A BELATED THANK YOU.

>> THE NEWBERRY CONSORT WILL