| Songs of the Women Trouveres Contributor(s): Doss-Quinby, Eglal (Editor), Grimbert, Joan Tasker (Editor), Pfeffer, Wendy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300084137 ISBN-13: 9780300084139 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $41.58 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 849.120 |
| LCCN: 2002281944 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 7.39" W x 9.21" (1.28 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This groundbreaking anthology brings together for the first time the works of women poet-composers, or trouv res, 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 trouv res 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. |