LXXXV. MACHAUT, Guillaume de (1300-1377)
Douce dame jolie
Two versions
1. La Morra
Wojciech Zych, director
(2:51)
2. In Itinere Musica Medievale
(4:19)
We studied Machaut in music history mainly because of his Messe de Nostre Dame, one of the first such settings to bear a composer's name.
It is an important work because of its striking use of complex and beautifully composed polyphony, which would be crucial to the development of music in the future.
Kyrie
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Machaut was a great poet, who influenced Chaucer (they may have even met) ...
Thus, he often composed verses which he used in a secular manner, as here. Both of these historic-instrument performances are informed by our present-day knowledge of Machaut, and show how a simple song can become so transcendental.
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