This anthology offers a broad, representative selection of lyric compositions by the poet-musicians of 12th- and 13th-century France: the Provencal troubadours of the south - the originators of courtly love - and their northern counterparts, the trouveres. Using both musicological and philological expertise, the collection is a valuable resource for musical performers and students of early poetry. The audio CD has recordings of 12 pieces from the anthology.
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This anthology offers a broad, representative selection of lyric compositions by the poet-musicians of 12th- and 13th-century France: the Provencal troubadours of the south - the originators of courtly love - and their northern counterparts, the trouveres. Using both musicological and philological expertise, the collection is a valuable resource for musical performers and students of early poetry. The audio CD has recordings of 12 pieces from the anthology.
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Very Good in Not Issued jacket. 4to-over 9æ"-12" tall. Hardcover, large format bound with cloth spine over glossy purple pictorial paper covered boards. No dust-jacket as issued. 378 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. CD still sealed in plastic and affixed to inner rear cover. First American edition. Text in Old French with critical matter in English. Printed in double column format. Contains a representative selection of lyric compositions by the poet-musicians of 12th-and 13th-century France: the Provencal troubadours of the south-the originators of "courtly love"-and their northern counterparts, the trouveres. The audio CD has recordings of 12 pieces from the anthology. No previous ownership marks. Rear cover shows some white spotting to wrap around cloth and two small scratches to purple boards. Else a clean, square, unmarked copy, with CD. But for minor cosmetic flaws an as new copy. Very good or better copy.
