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Guillaume de Machaut: Doulz Viaire Gracieus

Guillaume de Machaut: Doulz Viaire Gracieus

by | Jan 30, 2019 | Song of the Day

Many works by the famed medieval poet-composer Guillaume de Machaut are formes fixes: complex musico-poetic structures requiring skill and finesse to create.  This is an example of one such form, a rondeau.  In order for a rondeau to work, the first phrase has to...