Douce dame jolie in a version created for the society for creative anachronism. Douce dame jolie v4 has been recorded more than fifty times and comment qua moy lonteinne v5 twentyfour times. It is an example of the genre known as the virelai, one of the fixed formes of the fourteenth century the others were the ballade and the rondeau. If you enjoy this adaptation, do it with the knowledge that. The song is a virelai, belonging to the style ars nova, and is one of the most often heard medieval tunes today. Bob sarkissians machaut page with a short biography and at least one link to midi files. Douce dame jolie lady fair and sweet written by bluesever thursday, 19 november 2015 11. In the company of dante, petrarch, boccacio, and chaucer, he also stands as one of that centurys most.
Vanguard, vsd71179 1974, michael jaffee, the waverly consort, douce dame. Muserk rights management, and 2 music rights societies. Purchase, download and print sheet music pdf file now. Free at art song central pdf of adaptation by horatio parker. Print and download in pdf or midi douce dame jolie. A guide to research new york and london, 1995, 406 7. Furthermore, some of machauts works most notably the motets employ simultaneous performance of several different texts. Douce dame jolie sheet music download free in pdf or.
Readings and text editions spiced with medieval music snacks. It follows the conventions of the ars nova style which flourished in france and the low countries during the c14th and the structure of a virelai, a verse of three stanzas with a repeated refrain before the first and after each subsequent stanza. The best example of this discs achievement is the famous douce dame jolie, which has been done as everything from a catchy little ditty to a fifeanddrum march. Douce dame jolie is the first of a series of pieces that use the music of machaut as a jumpingoff point for various juxtapositions of his art with mine. The lyrics sing to a sweet, lovely lady who, alas, does not return the singers affections. The fourpart mass unfolds six sections of the ordinary kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus. Furthermore, some of machaut s works most notably the motets employ simultaneous performance of several different texts.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Kontor new media music on behalf of galileo music communication. This one was originally written in 1986 for daniel druckman percussion and alan. Douce dame jolie lady fair and sweet feel the blues. Just as the mass was an same expression of the presence of the divine on earth, so secular music like this piece, reflected an aural contemplation of perfection and timelessness. They provide both midi and gif, compressed tiff and gzipped postscript versions of the score on their page 2. The newsletter of the international machaut society, number 1, 1985 message from the president welcome to a new venture. Douce dame jolie choir satb download sheet music pdf file.
Douce dame jolie, virelai for voice details allmusic. Douce dame jolie sheet music download free in pdf or midi. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. It follows the conventions of the ars nova style which flourished in france and the low countries during the c14th and the structure of a virelai, a verse of.