Guillaume de Machaut, The Complete Poetry and Music, Volume 2

The Boethian Poems, Le Remede de Fortune and Le Confort d'Ami

Edited and translated by R. Barton Palmer Edited by Uri Smilansky Commentaries by Domenic Leo

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(April 2019)

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A new edition of two of Machaut’s best known dits, the Remede de Fortune (Remedy for Fortune) and the Confort d’ami (Consolation from a Friend), with detailed commentaries on Machaut, these poetical works, the accompanying music, and the art program of the base manuscript.


This volume is the second of the thirteen in preparation that will offer the first complete scholarly edition of the poetry and music of Guillaume de Machaut, the foremost practitioner of these related arts at the end of the Middle Ages in France. It provides a freshly prepared edition based on the most reliable manuscript of two of Machaut’s best known dits, the Remede de Fortune (Remedy for Fortune) and the Confort d’ami (Consolation from a Friend), both of which adapt the central ideas of Boethian philosophy to the love poetry tradition. The French texts are accompanied by facing English translations, and the musical passages are presented in situ in a performance-accessible form.

Introduction Art History Commentary by Domenico Leo Introduction to Music by Uri Smilansky The Boethian Poems 1. Le Remede de Fortune 2. Le Confort d'Ami Explanatory Notes Textual Notes Notes to the Music by Uri Smilansky,

Acknowledgements
General Introduction
Introductions to the Music of Le Remede de Fortune by Uri Smilanksy
Art History Commentary by Domenico Leo

The Boethian Poems
1. Le Remede de Fortune
2. Le Confort d'Ami

Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Notes to the Music by Uri Smilansky
Music Glossary
Description of Miniatures in MS A by Domenic Leo
Bibliography

  • Edited and translated by R. Barton Palmer
  • Edited by Uri Smilansky
  • Commentaries by Domenic Leo