The Complete Poetry and Music of Guillaume de Machaut, Volume 1: The Debate Poems: Le Jugement dou Roy de Behaigne, Le Jugement dou Roy de Navarre, Le Lay de Plour (Teams Middle English Texts)

Synopsis

Guillaume De Machaut Is The Most Important Poet And Composer Of Late Medieval France. His Unique And Inventive Output Is The Subject Of This New, Integrated Edition Of Machaut's Complete Poetry And Music. Volume 1, The Debate Series, Presents The Two Judgment Poems, Which Are Among His Most Important Artistically In Terms Of Their Formal Innovations And Their Influence On Contemporaries, Notably Geoffrey Chaucer, And The Associated Lay De Plour, Presented Here With Its Music.-- Jugement Dou Roy De Behaingne -- Jugement Dou Roy De Navarre -- Lay De Plour. Guillaume De Machaut ; Edited And Translated By R. Barton Palmer, With Domenic Leo (art History) And Uri Smilansky (music). Includes Bibliographical References (pages 381-402). Commentary In English With Text In French And English On Facing Pages.