The Lyrics of the Trouvères: A Research Guide (1970–1990)

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Les refrains chez les trouvères du XIIe siècle au début du XIVe

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The Old French Ballette: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 308

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Robert de Reims : Songs and Motets

International audienceAmong the earliest trouvères, Robert de Reims played a pivotal role in the generic interplay between song and motet taking place in early thirteenth-century France. He was also practiced at the art of versification, lavishing particular care on the phonic harmony of his words: his poetic skill is a convincing companion to his musical artistry.The present volume takes a fresh look at the corpus of this neglected, though strikingly inventive, poet-composer, offering the first critical edition of all works attributed to him, with translations into both Modern French and English, along with the extant melodies and a substantive introduction

Cultural Performances in Medieval France: Essays in Honor of Nancy Freeman Regalado

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Motets from the Chansonnier de Noailles

International audienceThe collection of motets in manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds fr. 12615, known as the “Chansonnier de Noailles,” brings together ninety-one thirteenth-century motets in two to four parts, whose upper voices are all sung to vernacular texts. It is one of six diverse collections contained in the manuscript; it shares space with three different compilations of monophonic songs, a collection of songs and dits, various nonlyric texts, and several later additions, all gathered in a codex closely tied to the former northern province of Artois and in particular to the city of Arras. The motet collection is notable in several respects: with its ninety-one pieces it is the fourth-largest repository of thirteenth-century motets and the third-largest of motets in French; it is one of only two sizable sets of polyphonic motets preserved in provincial songbooks rather than Parisian collections, a fact that broadly affects the style of several groups of its motets; finally, it transmits an unusually high number of unica, due to the anthology’s inclusion in an Artesian chansonnier. Although the Chansonnier de Noailles has sparked the interest of bibliophiles and scholars since the first half of the eighteenth century, its faulty polyphonic notation has made editing the motets difficult; past editions have thus been incomplete and relied heavily upon concordant readings. This volume presents the music and texts (with translations into English) of the motets from the Chansonnier de Noailles, for the first time published in a single, coordinated, comprehensive critical edition

« Sottes chansons contre Amours » : parodie et burlesque au Moyen Âge

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