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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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German medieval song manuscripts online

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

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A companion to Guillaume de Machaut

Multi-disciplinary volume on Machaut published.

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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.

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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!]

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An analysis of Machaut’s B18

My chapter presenting an analysis of Guillaume de Machaut’s balade, De petit po (B18), has just been published (partial access via Google Books).