Articulating Ars Subtilior song - February 2003
In the February 2003 issue of Early Music (pp.6-18), Daniel Leech-Wilkinson's article 'Articulating Ars Subtilior song' looks closely at an unusual 14th-century notational feature: a special use of very short rests (minim rests in the original notation, equivalent to quaver rests in most modern transcriptions). These rests, he argues, may have implications for 14th-century performance style. By clicking on the links below, you can hear performances of the 13 examples that are notated and discussed in his article; these recordings were specially made for this website by the Orlando Consort, and were funded in part by the Arts Faculty, University College Cork. Following them is a soundclip of a 1973 recording by the Waverly Consort, dir. Michael Jaffee, which is also discussed in the article.
- Soundclip 1: Machaut, Quant j'ay l'espart, opening [168KB]
- Soundclip 2: Machaut, Pour ce que tous mes chants, opening [300KB]
- Soundclip 3: Machaut, Il m'est avis, extract [192KB]
- Soundclip 4: Machaut, Rose, lis, printemps, verdure, opening [264KB]
- Soundclip 5: Anon., Langue puens envenimee, extract [204KB]
- Soundclip 6: Anon., Dame sans per, opening [240KB]
- Soundclip 7: Franciscus, Phiton, Phiton, extract [216KB]
- Soundclip 8: Egidius, Roses et lis, extract [216KB]
- Soundclip 9: Petrus dictus Palma Ociosa, Exemplum secundi modi, extract [252KB]
- Soundclip 10: Egidius, Courtois et sages, opening [348KB]
- Soundclip 11: Cunelier, Se Galaas, extract [372KB]
- Soundclip 12: Bartolino da Padova, La doulse cere, extract [582KB]
- Soundclip 13: Anon., En un gardin, opening [1.3MB]
The following soundclip is taken from the CD 'Douce Dame: Music of Courtly Love from Medieval Italy and France' by The Waverly Consort (OVC 8201). By kind permission of Omega Records.
- Soundclip 14: Machaut, Rose, lis, printemps, verdure, extract [176KB]
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