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A Medieval Songbook: Trouvère MS C

By Elizabeth Eva Leach (Editor), Joseph W. Mason (Editor), Matthew P. Thomson (Editor), Florian Mittenhuber (Contribution by), M lanie L v que-Fougre (Contribution by), Paola Moreno (Contribution by), Alison Stones (Contribution by), Luca Gatti (Contribution by), Robert Lug (Contribution by), Elizabeth Eva Leach (Contribution by), Daniel E Daniel O'Sullivan (Contribution by), Christopher J. Christopher J. Callahan (Contribution by), Joseph W. Mason (Contribution by), Matthew P. Thomson (Contribution by)
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By Elizabeth Eva Leach (Editor), Joseph W. Mason (Editor), Matthew P. Thomson (Editor), Florian Mittenhuber (Contribution by), M lanie L v que-Fougre (Contribution by), Paola Moreno (Contribution by), Alison Stones (Contribution by), Luca Gatti (Contribution by), Robert Lug (Contribution by), Elizabeth Eva Leach (Contribution by), Daniel E Daniel O'Sullivan (Contribution by), Christopher J. Christopher J. Callahan (Contribution by), Joseph W. Mason (Contribution by), Matthew P. Thomson (Contribution by)
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Detailed exploration of an enigmatic manuscript containing the texts to hundreds of songs, but no musical notation.

The medieval songbook known variously as trouvère manuscript C or the "Bern Chansonnier" (Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 389) is one of the most important witnesses to musical life in thirteenth-century France. Almost certainly copied in Metz, it provides the texts to over five hundred Old French songs, and is a unique insight into cultures of song-making and copying on the lingu...