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medieval French literature

The Philosopher’s Pony Play

MRAH Aquamanile Aristote et Phyllis 261211.jpg
Image by VassilPersonal 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.

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Douce 308 project medieval composers medieval French literature

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!)

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Douce 308 project medieval French literature speculative musicology

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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Guillaume de Machaut medieval composers medieval singers publications

New Book: Manuscripts and Medieval Song

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

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academic life conference reports medieval composers medieval French literature medieval singers

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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Guillaume de Machaut medieval composers publications

Recent Trends in the Study of Music of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries

Jointly authored article in Renaissance Quarterly now out.

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Leach en France, Leach en français

Texte et présentation Powerpoint sur le contrepoint chez Machaut.

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publications

Review of Helen Deeming’s edition of Songs in British Sources (with link to full text)

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.

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medieval composers medieval French literature publications

Review of Jennifer Saltzstein’s new book on refrains (with link to full text)

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.

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medieval music theory publications

Review of new translation of Johannes de Grocheio on music (with link to full text)

My review of the new translation and edition of Johannes de Grocheio‘s music treatise has been published in the journal Speculum.