Courtly love songs of medieval France transmission and style in the trouvère repertoire - O'Neill, Mary J. (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and indexes
The grand chant of the trouvères : an introduction -- The manuscript tradition : sources and notation -- The melodic art of the trouvères : orality and the question of melodic variants -- The lyric art of the trouvères : the courtly chansons of Gautier de Dargies -- The later trouvère tradition : continuation and innovation -- The interaction of oral, written, and literate processes
Mary O'Neill examines the legacy of the medieval poet composers of Northern France, the trouv--egrave--;res. For many years problems and difficulties concerning the surviving melodies have prevented us from accessing these songs. Many of these problems are addressed here, bringing us closer to a true understanding of the repertoire. - ;This book is the first full-length study of the courtly love songs of the trouv--egrave--;re to address the central musical problems of the repertoire as a whole, embracing source studies, interpretation, historiography, and analysis. The argument of the book re