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Wandering the Medieval

sat 21 jan 2023 11:00 hour

This broadcast focuses on a 14th-century literary work, called the ‘Roman de Fauvel’.

Excerpt from Roman de Fauvel:

In this satirical work, dating back to the early 14th century,abuses in state and church in

France are ridiculed. It is attributed to Gervais du Bus, who worked as a clerk in the royal chancery. The main character is a donkey, whose name forms an acrostic. Each letter stands for a vice that, according to the author, was rampant at that time. The work has been handed down in various manuscripts. In one of them, the text is alternated with musical pieces of very different character: spiritual and secular, monophonic and polyphonic, in Latin and French texts.

Each ensemble makes its own choice from the material. In this broadcast, we hear the version of The Boston Camerata and the ensemble Project Ars Nova.

Anonymous (France, 14th century) / text attributed to Gervais du Bus (fl. 1300-1338) From ‘Roman de Fauvel’:

  1. Porchier mieuz estre ameroy
  2. O Varium fortune
  3. Quare fremuerunt gentes (motet)
  4. Jure quod in opere (motet)
  5. Ad solitum vomitum (motet)
  6. Virtus moritur
  7. Floret fex favellae
  8. Omni pene curie
  9. Veni sancte spiritus
  10. Rex beatus (motet)
  11. Fauvel cogita (instr)
  12. Inter membra singula (instr)
  13. Vertitas arpie (motet)
  14. J’ay fait nouveletement (motet)
  15. Ay amours
  16. Sicut de ligno parvulus (motet)
  17. A touz jour, sanz remanoir
  18. Fauvel est mal assegné
  19. Douce dame débonnaire
  20. Fauvel cogita
  21. Je qui poair seule
  22. Buccinate in neomenia tuba
  23. From Le lai des Herlequines: En ce dous temps d’este
  24. Ah Parisius
  25. Fauvel nous a fait présent (motet)
  26. Ci chans veult boire
  27. Floret fex favellea (instr)
  28. Quomodo cantabimus (motet)
  29. In nova fert (motet; Philippe de Vitry)
  30. Porchier mieuz estre ameroy
  31. Maria virgo virginum (motet)
  32. Plebs fidelis francie
  33. In mari miserie (motet) The Boston Camerata and Ensemble Project Ars Nova conducted by Joel Cohen (cd: “Le Roman de Fauvel” – Erato 4509-96392-2, 1995)

    Addition: Anonymous (France, 14th century)

  1. Douce dame débonnaire Shira Kammen and Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp (cd: see 1-33)
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