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Lay de la rose: Pour vivre joliement
by Guillaume de Machaut

Sources

Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1584 (MachA), fol. 408v (1/1); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 22546 (MachG), fol. 100v (1/1).

Editions

1. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke. Vierter Band: Messe und Lais, edited by Friedrich Ludwig and completed posthumously by Heinrich Besseler, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1954, p. 72.
2. 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. 85.

Text Editions

Guillaume de Machaut: poésies lyriques, 2 vols., edited by V. Chichmaref, Paris: 1909, p. 451.

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, p. 120.
2. GÜNTHER, Ursula. Der musikalische Stilwandel der französischen Liedkunst in der zweiten Hälfte 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. LEGUY, Sylvette. 'Les procédés de composition dans l'oeuvre de Machaut (à l'exclusion de la Messe)', Guillaume de Machaut, poète et compositeur. Colloque - Table Ronde, 1978, pp. 307-320.
5. 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. [Guillaume de Machaut], Music for a While, directed by Richard Taruskin (1977): Arch Records 1750 S 1773.
3. Guillaume de Machaut: 2 Polyphonic Lais, The Medieval Ensemble of London, directed by Peter Davies & Timothy Davies (1983): Oiseau-Lyre DSDL 705 (GB).
4. Messe de Notre Dame, The Hilliard Ensemble, directed by Paul Hilier (1989): CDA66358.
5. Guillaume de Machaut Messe de Notre Dame, Hillard Endemble, directed by Paul Hillier (1989): Hyperion CDA 66358.

Content Approved by: MMDB Director
Last updated: Wednesday, 19 March 2003

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