The art of repetition: Machaut's Ballade 33, Nes qu'on porroit - August 2003
In the August 2003 issue of Early Music, Ardis Butterfield shows that a close reading of Machaut's Ballade 33 depends upon an understanding of the cross-references within Machaut's wider output, in particular his epic narrative work Voir dit. This article is one of a series of 'close readings' in the August 2003 issue that pay tribute to the work of John Stevens and Philip Brett.
The score of Nes qu'on porroit is reproduced as ex.1 in Early Music xxxi/1 pp.350-351. You can listen to a recording of the piece by clicking on the following link:
- Nes qu'on porroit, Guillaume de Machaut [1.4MB]
Recorded by The Orlando Consort on HMU 907314 'Food, wine and song: music and feasting in Renaissance Europe'. © 2001 Harmonia Mundi USA.
By kind permission of The Orlando Consort and Harmonia Mundi USA
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