How were large collections of lyric poetry (with or without music) assembled?
Category Archives: Douce 308 project
Sorting out the works of Gautier d’Espinal
Wikipedia’s list of Gautier’s works looked a bit thin to me, so I’ve edited the page (fingers crossed the edits persist!)
Putting a tune to a tuneless song
The fifth song in the grands chants is unique to Douce 308 and is thus transmitted to us without any melody. However, its versification makes it possible to sing it to the tune of a song with a similar poetic structure.
One of Douce 308’s grands chants
At the end of the first full week of my project, I offer a working edition of one of Douce 308’s unique songs in the grand chant section.
The wonders of Gallica: some troubadour and trouvère sources
The online resource Gallica is adding stuff all the time — it’s hard to keep up. This post is about their coverage of some of the main medieval monophonic song books.[NB: now updated to include sources outside Gallica!]
Elizabeth Eva Leach 