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Rose, liz, printemps, verdure
rondeau by Guillaume de Machaut

Sources

New York: Wildenstein Collection, fol. 319 (4/1);
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 843 (text); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1584 (MachA), fol. 478 (4/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1585 (MachB), fol. 318 (4/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1586 (MachC), fol. 205v (3/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 9221 (MachE), fol. 132 (4/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 22546 (MachG), fol. 151v (4/1).

Facsimiles

1. WOLF, Johannes. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen, 3 vols., Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1904. [reprinted Hildesheim: G. Olms, 1965], p. 38 (Pn22546, diplomatic).
2. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, edited by Friedrich Blume, 16 vols., Kassel and Basel: Bärenreiter, 1949 ff, plate 46, Abb.1 (Pn1584).

Editions

1. WOLF, Johannes. Geschichte der Mensural-Notation von 1250-1460 nach den theoretischen und praktischen Quellen, 3 vols., Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1904. [reprinted Hildesheim: G. Olms, 1965], Vol. III, p. 61 (Pn22546).
2. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke. Erster Band: Balladen, Rondeaux und Virelais, edited by Friedrich Ludwig, Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926, p. 60.
3. The Works of Guillaume de Machaut, Second Part, edited by Leo Schrade, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1956. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century III, p. 152.
4. Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377), p. 12.
5. Guillaume de Machaut: 2 Rondeaux for 4 voices or instruments, edited by Bernard Thomas, London: London Pro Musica Edition, 1989. Early Music Library EML 156, p. (Pn1584).

Text Editions

Guillaume de Machaut: poésies lyriques, 2 vols., edited by V. Chichmaref, Paris: 1909, p. 572.

Literature

1. MACHABEY, Armand. 'Guillaume de Machault'. La revue musicale, XII (1931), p. 338., p. 338.
2. APEL, Willi. The Notation of Polyphonic Music 900-1600, Cambridge/Massachusetts: The Medieval Academy of America, 1942, p. 349 briefly.
3. REANEY, Gilbert. 'Fourteenth-century harmony and the ballades, rondeaux and virelais of Guillaume de Machaut', Musica Disciplina, VII (1953), p. 140., p. 140.
4. MACHABEY, Armand. Guillaume de Machault, 130?-1377: La vie et l'oeuvre musicale, 2 vols, Paris: Richard-Masse-Editeur, 1955. Bibliothèque d'études musicales, pp. 160-161.
5. GÜNTHER, Ursula. Der musikalische Stilwandel der französischen Liedkunst in der zweiten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts, dargestelt an Virelais, Balladen und Rondeax von Machaut., Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hamburg: 1957, Chapter 4.2.
6. REANEY, Gilbert. '"Ars Nova" in France', [chapter 1 of] The New Oxford History of Music. III. Ars Nova and the Renaissance, edited by Dom Anselm Hughes and Gerald Abraham, London: Oxford University Press, 1960, p. 28.
7. POP, Rodica. 'Elemente ale gindirii functionale prezente in creatia lui Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)', Lucrari de Muzicologie, II (1967), p. 3.
8. REANEY, Gilbert. 'The Middle Ages', [in] A History of Song, edited by Denis Stevens, 2nd edition, New York: W. W. Norton, 1970, p. 50.
9. HASSELMAN, Margaret P. The French Chanson of the Mid-Fourteenth Century, 2 vols., Ph.D. dissertation, University of California (Berkeley), pp. 221, 222.
10. POIRION, Daniel. Le Moyen-Age. II: 1300-1480, Paris: Arthaud, 1971, p. 55.
11. GÜNTHER, Ursula. 'Contribution de la musicologie à la biographie et à la chronologie de Guillaume de Machaut', Guillaume de Machaut, poète et compositeur. Colloque - Table Ronde, 1978, pp. 95-116.
12. LEECH-WILKINSON, Daniel. 'Machaut's "Rose, lis" and the problems of early music analysis', Music Analysis, III/1 (1984): 9-28.

Recordings

1. French Chansons and Monodies XIIIth-XVth Centuries, vol. 44, S. Gebelin (S), H. Akoka (clavichord), Georges Boo (flute) (1947): Boìte a Musique 44 [78rpm. mx.PARTX 4519-1].
2. [Guillaume de Machaut], Illinois Collegium Musicum, Thomas Binkley (lute), directed by George Hunter (1956): Westminster XWN 18166.
3. [Machaut], Joseph Sage (C-T) (1961): Studio S.M. 45-71 [45rpm.].
4. Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300 - 1377). La Messe de Nostre Dame. 9 Weltliche Werke, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and soloists, directed by August Wenzinger (1969): Archiv-IMS 2533 054 (INT).
5. Douce Dame: Music of Courtly Love from Medieval France and Italy, The Waverly Consort, directed by Michael Jaffee (1973): Vanguard VSD 71179.
6. The Art of Guillaume de Machaut, Ars Antiqua Paris, directed by Michel Sanvoisin (1974): Arion ARN 38252 (FRA)/ ARN 90814 (USA).
7. The Mirror of Narcissus: Songs by Guillaume de Machaut, Gothic Voices, directed by Christopher Page (1983): Hyperion A66087 (GB).
8. Machaut and his time, Alba Musica Kyo (1994): Channel Classics CCS 7094.

Text

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure.
Fleur, baume et tres douce odour.
Belle, passes en doucour.
Et tous les biens de Nature
Avez, dont je vous aour.

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure.
Fleur, baume et tres douce odour;
Et quant toute creature
Seurmonte vostre valour.
Bien puis dire et par honnour:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure.
Fleur, baume et tres douce odour.
Belle, passes en doucour.

Translation

Rose, lily, spring, verdure.
Flower, balm and most sweet perfume.
Beauty, you surpass in sweetness.
And all the good gifts of Nature
You have, for which I adore you.

Rose, lily, spring, verdure.
Flower, balm and most sweet perfume;
And since your worth
Surpasses every creature.
Well may I say in all honour:

Rose, lily, spring, verdure.
Flower, balm and most sweet perfume.
Beauty, you surpass in sweetness.
Text revision and translation © Jennifer Garnham

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Last updated: Wednesday, 19 March 2003

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