Prions en Chantant : : Devotional Songs of the Trouvères / / ed. by Marcia J. Epstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• HerausgeberIn: Epstein, Marcia J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Medieval Texts and Translations
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 p.)

The rich medieval French tradition of vernacular devotional songs has not received much scrutiny. With Prions en chantant, Marcia Epstein aims to remedy that situation by offering an edition of largely anonymous trouvère devotional songs, designed for both scholars and performers, from two late-thirteenth-century manuscripts. The majority of the music is published here for the first time. Sixty-one songs are presented, with forty-nine songs exhibited in Old French with a facing-page modern English translation followed by old musical notation and facing-page with modern musical transcription. An additional twelve songs, which lack music in the original sources, are represented by the Old French text and the modern English translation only. The introduction extensively describes the social, musical, literary and theological aspects of the trouvère songs contained in the volume. This is a valuable and welcome addition to the study of medieval music.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Manuscript Sigla -- ‘PRIONS EN CHANTANT’ -- 1 The Manuscript Sources of the Trouvere Songs as Visual Records -- 2 The Trouvère Devotional Songs in the Context of Popular Culture -- 3 The Texts -- 4 The Music -- Appendix A: Notational forms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- THE SONGS -- Introduction to the Edition -- Songs -- THE DEVOTIONAL SONGS OF MANUSCRIPTS X AND V -- Appendix B: Additional Stanzas -- Appendix C: Alternative Musical Notation -- Title Index -- General Index -- Backmatter