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Performance Workshop 1: JP27a

A first post from the performance workshop with graindelavoix, sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and held at St Hugh’s College, Oxford in March 2017.

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The source materials for large medieval chansonniers

How were large collections of lyric poetry (with or without music) assembled?

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Putting a tune to a tuneless song

Gace song in N
Gace’s melody in MS N

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.

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New Book: Manuscripts and Medieval Song

Deeming Leach coverCopies of my new co-edited book now received!

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At the Medieval Academy of America Annual Conference 2015

EEL opening plenaryI was honoured to be invited to give the opening Plenary lecture at the MAA annual meeting, this year held at the University of Notre Dame in the US.

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Sources for Cantigas

Links to online images of manuscripts of containing the medieval Galego-Portuguese song repertory.

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Thibaut’s Romance of the Pear

Links to the sources of Thibaut’s Roman de la poire.

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Zoltán Rihmer answers some of my questions about Machaut

More information on the heraldry of MS A.

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Refrains in odd places

The Bestiaire d’amours citing a motet.

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Renart le Nouvel

Beast satire with songs.