A third post from the performance workshop with graindelavoix, sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and held at St Hugh’s College, Oxford in March 2017. Continue reading Performance workshop 3: JP30
Tag: medieval song
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. Continue reading Performance Workshop 1: JP27a
The source materials for large medieval chansonniers
How were large collections of lyric poetry (with or without music) assembled?
Continue reading The source materials for large medieval chansonniers
The Philosopher’s Pony Play
Image by Vassil — Personal work, CC0
For all that he is The Philosopher in the later Middle Ages, the most striking iconographical depictions of Aristotle from the period are of him on all fours, being ridden by a woman. Continue reading The Philosopher’s Pony Play
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!) Continue reading Sorting out the works of Gautier d’Espinal
Review of book on Trecento song texts
My review of Lauren McGuire Jennings’s book on Trecento song texts has just been published.
Many of you can get this through your library if it gets JRMA, in which case please use these links:
Elizabeth Eva Leach
Journal of the Royal Musical Association
Volume 140, Issue 2 pp. 445-449 | DOI: 10.1080/02690403.2015.1089022
Taylor and Francis, who publish JRMA, have given me at link to the full text, which is restricted to 49 downloads. Please only download this text if you’re really going to read the review. When the 49 downloads are done, I’m assuming that the link will no longer work and/or you’ll be asked for money. The link is here: Free download (49 copies only)
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. Continue reading Putting a tune to a tuneless song
