Rose, Lis, Printemps, Verdure - Guillaume de Machaut

[thisisrobertb]

BEAR OF PANDA

[cmatthews926]

@thisisrobertb PITCH OF PERSON

[skaterken2]

this music makes we want to ride my horse a pillage towns with my broadsword

[robdowling123]

Check out the CD 'Remede de Fortune', all music by Guillaume de Machaut by Ensemble Ars Nova. It includes this piece (last track).

[rfyl]

I have many vinyl recordings of his secular chansons. I also have a cassette I recorded myself of a full-length Machaut concert at Sainte Chapelle in Paris in 1974 -- an unbelievably beautiful place to listen to his beautiful music!

On CD it seems like they mostly do the Mass over and over, with only an occasional chanson. Quel dommage! Thanks for posting this.

[lyprov]

OHHHHHHH. The whole thing repeats in complex ways. NOW I GET IT. o_o

[lyprov]

And to think that I thought listening to this would help me understand Rondeau form...bah... -_-;

[xieeve1030]

simple,but also quite complicated.

[NemoProkofiev551]

Apparently Glenn Gould said that he liked to compose pieces in the style of the 14th century. How cool is that?

It's beautiful music!!!

[SystemOfADave]

a small snippet of this song is sampled in Panda Bear's "I'm Not." now that i've found it, i can say it's beauty at its simplest. =]

[noomsby]

YEAH BABY!!!

[4372408]

Is there any other Machaut that is this beautiful? (please don't tell me the Missa de Notre Dame, I love it, but it is NOT as beautiful as this) Thanks!!

[laserboy1101]

"Dame, de qui toute ma joie vient" IMHO is just as beautiful. That is the first selection on "The Mirror of Narcissus."

[tomatoso27]

There are lots of beautiful works by Machaut. Start looking!. I recommend his motets, but there are rondos, ballads and other forms in his repertoire. And another beautiful big work is "Le Lai de la Fonteinne". Which is a collection of pure melodies and 3 voice canons.

[epn10]

@4372408 any of his rondeaux!

[epn10]

@4372408 Any of Machaut's rondeaux! Unfortunately they're pitifully under-recorded, but you can find a few on the Orlando Consort's album "Dreams in the Pleasure Garden."

[LordMagros]

the great Orlando Consort, the song is really beautiful, i love this great Cd (the Rose, the Lily & the Worthenberry), really thanks!!

[mhsimi]

This is by far one of my favorite acapella pieces. I am actually in the process of performing it in a quartet as we speak! In this version, is the vocalist singing the melody line the only one singing the poetry, and are the others just humming or something? Also, I have a copy of the score, and the harmony in the very last phrase doesn't sound quite right ....

[jsbrules]

If you already know this, sorry... Because of conventions re music notation/performance in the 1300s & later, there is disagreement about what notes to sing as printed & which to sharpen or flatten in performances. Also, at least one edition of this piece (which I have) is printed with an additional harmony line (Contratenor II) that a scholar told me was prob added by somebody else... don't sing it! The Orlando version has the harmonies I am used to. But there are other lovely versions.

[AlexaLokes]

This has been one of my favorite pieces since a music history course in college. What a beautiful recording! Thank you!

[livbriss]

This is nice to use while studying music history, to get an audial point of wiev rather than just reading. Ars nova:)

[sibrianmary27]

thanks im looking for more songs of the 14th century if you have any more please give me a list i would really appreciate your help

[bush0165]

Anything from Machaut is not only beautiful, but all composed during the 14th century, so you can't go wrong.

[cadetstarnoodle]

Cute sentiment!: " ... all composed during the 14th century, so you can't go wrong."

The recording I have of this NAWM 26 (students will know! :) is a M3 highre and has incredible, pure female voices. Lovely, lovely. Very interesting study, this period.

[bush0165]

NAWM 26 is taken from "The Mirror or Narcissus" by Gothic Voices, which uses two female and two male voices for 'Rose, Liz Printemps, Verdure" (NAWM #26). Gothic Voices is probably the best medieval ensemble of all time. Buy the album, it's honestly my favorite music album across all genres.

[4372408]

Isn't it actually all dudes on the NAWM?? That always freaked me out, hearing that counter tenor, you know?, but this Rondeaux is so beautiful, my favorite Machaut...

[ladymosconi]

listen Chanson balladée, so beautiful that make me cry

[bschwitz]

The Gothic Voices is the original recording on the NAWM and the album is called The Mirror of Narcisuss. There are several other Machaut pieces that are wonderful on the album. The Gothic Voices also have several great albums with 14th century music. I very highly recommend them!