| Description |
1 audio disc (58 min., 14 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005814 |
| Description |
audio file CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
soprano voice 1 mezzo-soprano voice 1 tenor voice 2 4 |
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soprano voice 1 mezzo-soprano voice 1 tenor voice 1 3 |
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tenor voice 2 2 |
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soprano voice 1 mezzo-soprano voice 1 2 |
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mezzo-soprano voice 1 tenor voice 2 3 |
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mezzo-soprano voice 1 tenor voice 1 2 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Fourteenth-century motets and ballades for 2-4 voices, principally by Guillaume de Machaut; includes 2 ballades by P. des Molins and F. Andrieu. |
| Performer |
Liber unUsualis (Melanie Germond, soprano ; Carolann Buff, mezzo-soprano ; William Hudson, tenor) ; with Jordan Sramek, tenor. |
| Event |
Recorded 2002 June 4-8 and July 18-20 Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Carolann Buff, biographical notes on the performers, and texts with English translations by Kathryn Karczewska (23 p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Felix virgo, mater Christi/Inviolata genitrix/Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes : motet (3:50) -- Trop plus est bele que biauté/Biauté parée de valour/Je ne sui mie certeins d'avoir amie : motet (2:28) -- J'aim miex languir en ma dure dolour : ballade (5:25) -- Dame, ne regardes pas : ballade (7:04) -- Quant en moy vint premierement/Amour et biauté parfaite/Amara valde : motet (3:40) -- Donnez, signeurs, donnez à toutes mains : ballade (5:22) -- Martyrum gemma latria/Diligenter inquiramus/A Christo honoratus : motet (3:26) -- Je ne cuit pas qu'oncques à creature : ballade (5:44) -- Dame, de qui toute ma joie vient : ballade (6:23) -- Qui es promesses de Fortune se fie/Ha! Fortune trop sui mis loing de port/Et non est qui adjuvet : motet (1:45) -- De ce que foul pense : ballade / P. des Molins (5:43) -- Armes, amours, dames, chevalerie/O flour des flours de toute melodie : ballade / F. Andrieu (7:24). |
| Language |
Sung in Old French and Latin. |
| Subject |
Music -- France -- 500-1400.
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Music. |
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France. |
| Chronological Term |
500-1400 |
| Subject |
Motets.
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Motets. |
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Ballades (Polyphonic chansons)
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Ballades (Polyphonic chansons) |
| Chronological Term |
500 - 1400 |
| Genre/Form |
Ballades (Formes fixes)
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Ballades (Formes fixes)
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Motets.
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Motets.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Germond, Melanie, singer.
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Buff, Carolann, singer, writer of added commentary.
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Hudson, William, 1969- singer.
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Sramek, Jordan, singer.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Felix Virgo/Inviolata/Ad te suspiramus.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Trop plus est bele/Biaute paree/Je ne sui mie.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
J'aim mieus languir.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Dame, ne regardés pas.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Quant en moy/Amour et biaute/Amara valde.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Donnez, signeurs.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Martyrum gemma latria/Diligenter inquiramus/A Christo honoratus.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Je ne cuit pas qu'onques.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Remède de fortune. Dame de qui toute ma joie vient.
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Container of (work): Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.
Qui es promesses de Fortune/Ha, Fortune! trop suis mis loing/Et non est qui adjuvet.
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Container of (work): Molins, P. des.
De ce que foul pense (Ballade)
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Container of (work): Andrieu, F., active 14th century.
Armes, amours/O flour des flours.
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Liber unUsualis (Musical group), performer.
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| Standard No. |
634479857324 |
| Music No. |
LU1001 Liber unUsualis |
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