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Joie plaisence
chanson royale by Guillaume de Machaut

Sources

Bern: Bürgerbibliothek 218 (MachK), fol. 54 (text);
Cambridge: Magdalene College, Pepys Library 1594, fol. 17 (1/1);
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library M. 396 (text); Wildenstein Collection, fol. 103v (1/1);
Paris: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 5203 (olim 97 BF) (text); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 843 (text); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1584 (MachA), fol. 63v (1/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1585 (MachB), fol. 120v (1/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1586 (MachC), fol. 39 (1/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 9221 (MachE), fol. 28v (1/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 22545 (MachF), fol. 50 (1/1);
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Library, French MS 15, number 149 (text).

Editions

1. KALKBRENNER, C. Histoire de la musique, 1804, plate 4.
2. Oeuvres de Guillaume de Machaut. Volume II: Remede de Fortune, Le dit dou Lyon, Le dit de l'Alerion, texts edited by E. Hoepffner, music edited by Friedrich Ludwig, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1911, p. 10 (appendix).
3. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke. Erster Band: Balladen, Rondeaux und Virelais, edited by Friedrich Ludwig, Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926, p. 97.
4. The Works of Guillaume de Machaut, First Part, edited by Leo Schrade, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1956. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century II, p. 107.

Text Editions

Oeuvres de Guillaume de Machaut. Volume II: Remede de Fortune, Le dit dou Lyon, Le dit de l'Alerion, texts edited by E. Hoepffner, music edited by Friedrich Ludwig, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1911, p. 71.

Literature

1. MACHABEY, Armand. Guillaume de Machault, 130?-1377: La vie et l'oeuvre musicale, 2 vols, Paris: Richard-Masse-Editeur, 1955. Bibliothèque d'études musicales, pp. 133-137.
2. ARLT, Wulf. 'Aspekte der Chronologie und des Stilwandels im französischen Lied des 14. Jahrhunderts', Forum Musicologicum (Aktuelle Fragen der musikbezogenen Mittelalterforschung), vol. III, Basel: Amadeus Verlag, 1975, pp. 274-276.
3. HOPPIN, Richard H. Medieval Music, New York: W. W. Norton, 1978, pp. 409-410.
4. GÜNTHER, Ursula. 'Contribution de la musicologie à la biographie et à la chronologie de Guillaume de Machaut', Guillaume de Machaut, poète et compositeur. Colloque - Table Ronde, 1978, pp. 95-116.

Recordings

1. Guillaume de Machaut. Chansons I, Early Music Studio, directed by Thomas Binkley (1972): EMI-Reflexe 1C063-30-106 (GER)/ 1C-163-30-101/6 (GER).
2. The Art of Guillaume de Machaut, Ars Antiqua Paris, directed by Michel Sanvoisin (1974): Arion ARN 38252 (FRA)/ ARN 90814 (USA).
3. Guillaume de Machaut: 1. The Musical Art of Machaut. 2. Le Remède de Fortune. 3. Veoir Dit., Ensemble Guillaume de Machaut of Paris (1975-1977): Adés 7078 (3 discs).
4. [Guillaume de Machaut], Music for a While, directed by Richard Taruskin (1977): Arch Records 1750 S 1773.
5. [Machaut], Ars Antiqua of Paris, directed by Michel Sanvoisin (1977): Arion ARN 36337.

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Last updated: Wednesday, 19 March 2003

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