Guillaume de Machaut, sometimes spelt Machault (c.1300–1377), was an import… Read Full Bio ↴Guillaume de Machaut, sometimes spelt Machault (c.1300–1377), was an important mediaeval French poet and composer.
Guilllaume de Machaut was "the last great poet who was also a composer," in the words of the scholar Daniel Leech-Wilkinson. Well into the fifteenthth century, Machaut's poetry was greatly admired and imitated by other poets including Geoffrey Chaucer. Machaut is also the most celebrated composer of the 14th century; he composed in a wide range of styles and forms and his output was enormous. He was the most famous and historically significant representative of the musical movement known as the ars nova. Machaut was especially influential in the development of the motet and the secular song (particularly the formes fixes, the lai, virelai, and ballade). Machaut wrote the Messe de Nostre Dame, the earliest complete setting of the Ordinary of the Mass attributable to a single composer, and influenced composers for centuries after his death.
Guilllaume de Machaut was "the last great poet who was also a composer," in the words of the scholar Daniel Leech-Wilkinson. Well into the fifteenthth century, Machaut's poetry was greatly admired and imitated by other poets including Geoffrey Chaucer. Machaut is also the most celebrated composer of the 14th century; he composed in a wide range of styles and forms and his output was enormous. He was the most famous and historically significant representative of the musical movement known as the ars nova. Machaut was especially influential in the development of the motet and the secular song (particularly the formes fixes, the lai, virelai, and ballade). Machaut wrote the Messe de Nostre Dame, the earliest complete setting of the Ordinary of the Mass attributable to a single composer, and influenced composers for centuries after his death.
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Douce dame jolie Douce dame jolie Pour dieu ne pensés mie Que nulle ait signo…
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Ken Newton
I remember playing this music many years ago. The modern transcription explained that it was one of the most rhythmically complex pieces of music written. The top and bottom line were transcribed to different time meters.
Nestor Sagitarrius
Absolutely beautiful music. Thank you for posting this.
Camila
Un gusto poder escuchar lo que estudias... Gracias por compartir una de las primeras composiciones a 3 voces instrumentales.
Stäni Steinbock
Wonderful!
Filip Vermeulen
Trio Subtilior featuring Joan Izquierdo, who teaches recorder at Conservatori del Bruc and ESMUC (Barcelona) a.o. entities.
Medieval Richard
Splendid.
MR
Thepicausno
This music was considered radical in the 1600s.
PA García
Guillaume de Machaut (1300- 1377)
Nikoleta Radulovic
You mixed up two periods - this piece is from the Middle Ages and has nothing to do with baroque tendencies of developing an individual style of composing and using it more than the one used in Renaissance (prima prattica and stylus gravis, aka strict style). :)
Mark Adderley
Music for listeners who think.