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"Dispositam per speculam" - Translating Songs into Latin

"Dispositam per speculam" - Translating Songs into Latin

Covering songs in dead language can help keep ours alive.

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Alex Nusky
Jun 12, 2021
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A recent trend has begun on YouTube called “bardcore.” Most involved with the fad pump out instrumental tracks of popular music with ancient instruments, or otherwise arrange the piece to give it a medieval feel. More dedicated channels have taken it upon themselves to carve out a niche where they translate the lyrics backwards into a dead language in o…

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