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.
Tag: medieval
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.
Copies of my new co-edited book now received!
I 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.
Jointly authored article in Renaissance Quarterly now out.
Texte et présentation Powerpoint sur le contrepoint chez Machaut.
My review of Helen Deeming’s edition of Songs in British Sources (Musica Britannica, vol. 95), has just become available via the advance access section of Early Music.
Links to online images of manuscripts of containing the medieval Galego-Portuguese song repertory.
My review of Jennifer Saltzstein’s stimulating new book on thirteenth-century refrains has just appeared in the Cambridge University Press journal, Plainsong and Medieval Music.
More information on the heraldry of MS A.
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