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Lay de bonne esperance: Longuement me sui tenus
by Guillaume de Machaut

Sources

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library M. 396 (text, Voir Dit V); Wildenstein Collection, fol. 256v (1/1);
Paris: Biblioth�que Nationale, fonds fran�ais 843, fol. 233v (text); Biblioth�que Nationale, fonds fran�ais 1584 (MachA) (text, Voir Dit V), 401v (1/1); Biblioth�que Nationale, fonds fran�ais 1585 (MachB), fol. 254v (1/1); Biblioth�que Nationale, fonds fran�ais 9221 (MachE), fol. 188 (1/1); Biblioth�que Nationale, fonds fran�ais 22545 (MachF), fol. 165 (text, Voir Dit V); Biblioth�que Nationale, fonds fran�ais 22546 (MachG), fol. 96 (1/1).

Editions

1. BESSELER, Heinrich. Die Musik des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, Potsdam: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion, 1931, p. 137 (incomplete)[R Ludwig].
2. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke. Vierter Band: Messe und Lais, edited by Friedrich Ludwig and completed posthumously by Heinrich Besseler, Leipzig: Breitkopf & H�rtel, 1954, p. 66.
3. 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. 75.
Text Editions
Guillaume de Machaut: po�sies lyriques, 2 vols., edited by V. Chichmaref, Paris: 1909, p. 425.
Literature
1. MACHABEY, Armand. Guillaume de Machault, 130?-1377: La vie et l'oeuvre musicale, 2 vols, Paris: Richard-Masse-Editeur, 1955. Biblioth�que d'�tudes musicales, p. 119.
2. G�NTHER, Ursula. Der musikalische Stilwandel der franz�sischen Liedkunst in der zweiten H�lfte des 14. Jahrhunderts, dargestelt an Virelais, Balladen und Rondeax von Machaut., Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hamburg: 1957, Chapter 4.5.
3. FALLOWS, David. 'Lai', The New Grove, X (1980): 364-376.
4. G�NTHER, Ursula. 'Contribution de la musicologie � la biographie et � la chronologie de Guillaume de Machaut', Guillaume de Machaut, po�te et compositeur. Colloque - Table Ronde, 1978, pp. 95-116.
Recordings
Guillaume de Machaut: 1. The Musical Art of Machaut. 2. Le Rem�de de Fortune. 3. Veoir Dit., Ensemble Guillaume de Machaut of Paris (1975-1977): Ad�s 7078 (3 discs).

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Last updated: Wednesday, 19 March 2003

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