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Quant vraie amour ; O series summe rata; Super omnes speciosa
Three-voice motet by Guillaume de Machaut

Sources

New York: Wildenstein Collection, fol. 276v (3/2);
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1584 (MachA), fol. 430v (3/2); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1585 (MachB), fol. 274v (3/2); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1586 (MachC), fol. 221v (3/2); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 9221 (MachE), fol. 136v (3/2); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 22546 (MachG), fol. 118v (3/2).

Editions

1. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke. Dritter Band: Motetten, edited by Friedrich Ludwig, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1929, p. 62.
2. The Works of Guillaume de Machaut, Second Part, edited by Leo Schrade, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1956. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century III, p. 1.

Text Editions

Guillaume de Machaut: poésies lyriques, 2 vols., edited by V. Chichmaref, Paris: 1909, p. 516.

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. 96-98.
2. REICHERT, Georg. 'Das Verhältnis zwischen musikalischer und textlicher Struktur in den Motetten Machauts', Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, XIII (1956): 197ff.
3. 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.
4. SANDERS, Ernest. 'The mediaeval motet', Gattungen der Musik in Einzeldarstellungen: Gedenkschrift Leo Schrade, Erste Folge, Bern, Munich: 1971, pp. 497-573.
5. WERNLI, A. 'La percettibilità delle strutture isoritmiche: osservazioni sui mottetti di Guillaume de Machaut', Studi Musicali, VI (1977), pp. 18-19.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. FULLER, Sarah. 'On sonority in fourteenth-century polyphony: some preliminary reflections', Journal of Music Theory, XXX/1 (1986), p. 45.
9. FULLER, Sarah. 'Modal Tenors and tonal orientation in motets of Guillaume de Machaut', Studies in Medieval Music: Festschrift for Ernhest H. Sanders, New York: Columbia University Press, 1990, p. 215.

Recordings

1. The Italian Madrigal: Ars Nova and the 16th Century, Vassar Madrigal Singers, directed by Geer: Allegro ALG 3029.
2. Douce Dame: Music of Courtly Love from Medieval France and Italy, The Waverly Consort, directed by Michael Jaffee (1973): Vanguard VSD 71179.
3. Denkmäler Alter Musik aus dem Codex Reina (14./15. Jh.), members of Syntagma Musicum, directed by Kees Otten (1979): Telefunken AW6 42357.
4. Jacopo da Bologna: Italienische Madrigale des 14. Jahrhunderts, P.A.N. Ensemble Project Ars Nova (1985): Harmonia Mundi HM 738A.
5. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century, directed by John Griffiths and John Stinson (1987): Move MC 3091.
6. Bestiarium, Elisabetta de' Mircovich, Claudia Caffagni, Ella de' Mircovich, Livia Caffagni, La Reverdie (1991): Nuova Era 6970.

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Last updated: Wednesday, 19 March 2003

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