Guillaume de Machaut, The Complete Poetry and Music, Volume 9

The Motets

Edited by Jacques Boogaart Translated by R. Barton Palmer

Book cover: Guillaume de Machaut, The Complete Poetry and Music, Volume 9

Paperback (Published)

(April 2018)

ISBN: 9781580442879

8.27 x 10.24 inches

Price: $39.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(December 2017)

ISBN: 9781580442886

Price: $32.00

A new edition of Machaut’s twenty-three motets, based on manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale fonds français 1584, with an introduction presenting a fresh appraisal of these works, an art-historical study of the manuscript illumination that accompanies them, as well as full commentaries for each motet and English translations of their lyrics.


This long overdue new edition of Guillaume de Machaut’s twenty-three motets, the largest surviving collection of such works by a single composer in this period, is based on the most authoritative of the surviving manuscripts and is designed to meet the needs both of advanced scholars and musicians as well as students and performers. This user-friendly format indicates variants on the scores and has a layout that makes each work’s structure clearly visible; the lyrics, with full English translation, are presented at the end of each work.

Introduction
Art historical commentary
Edition of the motets, with their lyrics and English translation
Commentaries
Bibliography

  • Edited by Jacques Boogaart
  • Translated by R. Barton Palmer