Songs of the Women Trouvères
Author | : Eglal Doss-Quinby |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780300133752 |
ISBN-13 | : 0300133758 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Download or read book Songs of the Women Trouvères written by Eglal Doss-Quinby and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking anthology brings together for the first time the works of women poet-composers, or trouveres, in northern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Refuting the long-held notion that there are no extant Old French lyrics by women from this period, the editors of the volume present songs attributed to eight named female trouveres along with a varied selection of anonymous compositions in the feminine voice that may have been composed by women. The book includes the Old French texts of seventy-five compositions, extant music for eighteen monophonic songs and nineteen polyphonic motets, English translations, and a substantial introduction.