Courtly Love Songs of Medieval France [Hardcover]

Mary O'Neill examines the legacy of the medieval poet composers of Northern France, the trouv?res. For many years problems and difficulties concerning the surviving melodies have prevented us from accessing these songs. Many of these problems are addressed here, bringing us closer to a true understanding of the repertoire.

1. Thegrand chantof the trouv?res: an Introduction
2. The Manuscript Tradition: Sources and Notation
3. The Melodic Art of the Trouv?res: Orality and the Question of Melodic Variants
4. The Lyric Art of the Trouv?res: The Counrtlychansonsof Gautier de Dargies
5. The Later Trouv?re Tradition: Continuation and Innovation
6. The Interaction of Oral, Written, and Literate Processes

Performers of early music will surely be heartened by the importance O'Neill places on performance within the trouvere tradition. -Jennifer Saltzstein,Early Music America

This is a very welcome and satisfying study of thetrouv?re chanson. --Catherine Leglu,H-France Review