Le Lai de la Fonteinne (Je ne cesse de prier) (Guillaume de Machaut)

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• (Posted 2018-12-21)  CPDL #52691:     

Editor: Raymond Nagem (submitted 2018-12-21).   Score information: Letter, 18 pages, 262 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Edited from the text and music in Patricia A. Turcic, "Words and Music in Communion: An Analysis of Guillaume de Machaut's 'Le Lay de la Fonteinne' in Cultural Context" (M.A. diss., University of Maine,

2001), https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/486/. Transposed up a perfect fourth for 3 equal voices. Barring, beaming, and musica ficta editorial. This is intended as a practical performing edition.

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Title: Le Lai de la Fonteinne (Je ne cesse de prier)
Composer: Guillaume de Machaut
Lyricist: Guillaume de Machaut

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: 3 equal voices

Genre: Sacred, Unknown

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Polyphonic lai for three voices. The even verses are set as three-voice canons.

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