Robert de Reims - Songs and Motets

A collection of new translations into English and modern French of all the songs and motets ascribed to the medieval poet-composer Robert de Reims. Includes the original texts, the extant melodies, and a substantive introduction.

About the author

Eglal Doss-Quinby is a translator and literary scholar specializing in Old French songs and motets. She is Professor of French Studies at Smith College.Gaël Saint-Cricq is a music scholar specializing in polyphony and song in the long thirteenth century. He is Maître de conférences at the Université de Rouen.Samuel N. Rosenberg was a literary scholar and translator of French poetry of the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century. He was Professor Emeritus of French at Indiana University and the translator of Robert the Devil and Paul Verlaine: A Bilingual Selection of His Verse, both published by Penn State University Press.

Summary

A collection of new translations into English and modern French of all the songs and motets ascribed to the medieval poet-composer Robert de Reims. Includes the original texts, the extant melodies, and a substantive introduction.

Product details

• Authors: Robert de Reims
• Assisted by: Doss-Quinby Eglal (Editor and translation), Rosenberg Samuel N. (Editor and translation), Gaël Saint-Cricq (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.2020
• EAN: 9780271087184
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08718-4
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, POETRY / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Music reviews & criticism, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval