The Boethian poems
By: Guillaume de Machaut ; edited and translated by R. Barton Palmer with Domenic Leo (art history) and Uri Smilansky (music)
Contributors: Palmer, R. Barton, 1946- editor, translator; Leo, Domenic, editor, translator; Smilansky, Uri, 1979- editor, translator; Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377; Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377; Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377; Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377
Series: Middle English texts series; The complete poetry and  music / Guillaume de Machaut -- volume 2; Middle English texts (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Publisher: Published for TEAMS (Teaching Association for Medieval Studies) in association with the University of Rochester by Medieval Institute Publications
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 607
ISBN-13: 9781580443753
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: French poetry; French Songs; Polyphonic chansons; Middle Ages; Poetry; Music
Work titles: Works
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-607).

French with English translations on facing pages; commentary in English
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the music of Le Remede de Fortune / by Uri Smilansky; title: Art history introduction / by Domenic Leo; title: The Boethian poems. Le remede de fortune; title: Le confort d'ami; title: Notes to the music / by Uri Smilansky; title: Description of miniatures in Ms A / by Domenic Leo.