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medieval French literature publications

The Tournament at Chauvency

My review of the proceedings of a conference on Le Tournoi de Chauvency in the Douce 308 MS in the Bodleian Library, Oxford was just published in French Studies.

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medieval French literature publications

The vows of the peacock

Privat vs. Margue on the significance of the peacock in a 14thC poem.

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digital humanities

It might be technology, but a medieval manuscript is not an iPad

Why analogies between medieval and modern technologies should be used with care.

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academic life

Revisiting old work

Work on a chapter for an edited collection on jugement poetry involves some rehashing…and a brief rant about Sound Studies.

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medieval composers medieval singers publications

Medieval song and subjectivity

My review of Judith Peraino’s book on subjectivity in late trouvère song has appeared in Early Music.

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digital humanities medieval composers medieval singers Teaching materials

German medieval song manuscripts online

Links to some bits of the medieval German vernacular song repertoire now online.

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Guillaume de Machaut medieval composers publications

A companion to Guillaume de Machaut

Multi-disciplinary volume on Machaut published.

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blog-only publications medieval composers publications

Another Machaut patron?

Full-text link to my new blog-only paper on a possible patron for the important Machaut Manuscript F-Pn fr.1584 (A)

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Guillaume de Machaut music analysis

The dart of love: an analysis of Machaut’s rondeau no.5

I was discussing this piece with some of my students last term and made a mental note to blog an analysis of it.

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digital humanities Guillaume de Machaut medieval composers publications

Free score of a Machaut virelai

My edition of Guillaume de Machaut’s virelai En mon cuer (V27/24) is now available as part of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society’s free downloads.