Musical Culture in the World of Adam de la Halle

In Musical Culture in the World of Adam de la Halle , contributors from musicology, literary studies, history, and art history provide an account of the works of 13th-century composer Adam de la Halle, one of the first named authors of medieval vernacular music for whom a complete works manuscript survives. The essays illuminate Adam's generic transformations in polyphony, drama, debate poetry, and other genres, while also emphasizing his place in a large community of trouvères active in the bustling urban environment of Arras. Exploring issues of authorship and authority, tradition and innovation, the material contexts of his works, and his influence on later generations, this book provides the most complete and up-to-date picture available in English of Adam's oeuvre . Contributors are Alain Corbellari, Mark Everist, Anna Kathryn Grau, John Haines, Anne Ibos-Augé, Daniel E. O'Sullivan, Judith A. Peraino, Isabelle Ragnard, Jennifer Saltzstein, Alison Stones, Carol Symes, and Eliza Zingesser. Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Figures 8 Tables 9 Music Examples 10 Notes on Contributors 12 A Note on Manuscript Sigla 16 Introduction 21 Jennifer Saltzstein 21 Part 1 39 The Northern Milieu 39 Chapter 1 41 The “School of Arras” and the Career of Adam 41 Carol Symes 41 Chapter 2 71 Eliza Zingesser 71 Part 2 95 Material Contexts of Arrageois Song 95 Chapter 3 97 Another Note on fr. 25566 and Its Illustrations 97 Alison Stones 97 Chapter 4 115 Aristocratic Patronage and the Cosmopolitan Vernacular Songbook: The Chansonnier du Roi (M-trouv.) and the French Mediterranean 115 John Haines 115 Chapter 5 141 Taking Notae on King and Cleric: Thibaut, Adam, and the Medieval Readers of the Chansonnier de Noailles (T-trouv.) 141 Judith A. Peraino 141 Part 3 171 Genres in Context 171 Chapter 6 173 The Northern Jeu-parti 173 Daniel E. O’Sullivan 173 Chapter 7 209 The Songs of Adam de la Halle 209 Isabelle Ragnard 209 Part 4 249 Traditions and Transformations 249 Chapter 8 251 Adam de la Halle: Cleric and Busker 251 Alain Corbellari 251 Chapter 9 269 Refrain Quotations in Adam’s Rondeaux, Motets and Plays 269 Anne Ibos-Augé 269 Chapter 10 302 The Pastourelle and the Jeu de Robin et Marion 302 Anna Kathryn Grau 302 Chapter 11 331 Friends and Foals: The Polyphonic Music of Adam de la Halle 331 Mark Everist 331 Chapter 12 372 Adam de la Halle’s Fourteenth-Century Musical and Poetic Legacies 372 Jennifer Saltzstein 372 Annex I – Refrains in Rondeaux and Chansons 385 Anne Ibos-Augé 385 Annex II – The Refrains and Citations in the Motets 396 Anne Ibos-Augé 396 Annex III – Lyrical Citations in the Plays 401 Anne Ibos-Augé 401 Annex IV – Musical Transcriptions 411 Anne Ibos-Augé 411 Bibliography 414 Index of People 438 Index of Sources and Works 441 Index of Subjects 445 In Musical Culture in the World of Adam de la Halle , contributors from musicology, literary studies, history, and art history provide an account of the works of 13th-century composer Adam de la Halle, one of the first named authors of medieval vernacular music for whom a complete works manuscript survives. The essays illuminate Adam's generic transformations in polyphony, drama, debate poetry, and other genres, while also emphasizing his place in a large community of trouvères active in the bustling urban environment of Arras. Exploring issues of authorship and authority, tradition and innovation, the material contexts of his works, and his influence on later generations, this book provides the most complete and up-to-date picture available in English of Adam's œuvre . Contributors are Alain Corbellari, Mark Everist, Anna Kathryn Grau, John Haines, Anne Ibos-Augé, Daniel E. O'Sullivan, Judith A. Peraino, Isabelle Ragnard, Jennifer Saltzstein, Alison Stones, Carol Symes, and Eliza Zingesser