O nome vem do seu personagem central, o cavalo fauvel, um simbolo dos pecados capitais, 1 constituindo uma critica da imoralidade, da corrupcao e da inversao dos valores em seu tempo. At that time, france was under the notorious rule of philippe iv, the fair, who had relocated the seat of the church from rome to avignon and was in the midst of conducting a brutal campaign of. The newberry consort, will be joined by six men from the rookery choir to tell fauvels story with harps, shawms, vielles, rebecs, recorders, and voices, accompanied by projections of period images and supertitle translations. In each case, looking at the use of citation and allusion connects to other concerns. The original narrative of 3,280 octosyllabics is divided into two books, dated to 10 and 14 respectively, during the reigns of philip iv and louis x. Here lies a monumental satirical poem which describes the rise of a foolish horse, fauvel, to prominence in the french court during the reign of philippe le bel.
Fauvel, qui vit dabord a letable, devient roi grace a fortuna. There is also a link to download a pdf of the facsimile. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. Read russell oberlin, charles bressler and robert price, tenors, baritone gordon myers, with martha blackman viol,s bio and find out more about russell oberlin, charles bressler and robert price, tenors, baritone gordon myers, with martha blackman viol,s songs, albums, and chart history.
The text is attributed to gervais du bus, a member of the royal administration. A zany musical medieval romp where nothing is sacred, satire is the rule of the day, and a donkey is the star of the show. The roman is a sharp attack on the failings of the medieval church and the political establishment. The 169 pieces all have lyrics, 124 in latin, 45 in french. Cd, album, dlx, ltd, re harmonia mundi france, harmonia mundi france, harmonia mundi france hml 590994, hma 190994, hmcd 90. This autumn it is being given a sixweek national tour of american colleges and universities. Gervais earned his living as a clerk in the chancellery of the kings of france from to 38. The manuscript is a collection of literary and musical works, a group of political tracts, and an important chronicle. Harmonia mundi hm 994 lp harmonia mundi hmc 994 lp harmonia mundi hmu 994 lp harmonia mundi hm 40 994 cassette harmonia mundi hmc 90 994 cd harmonia mundi musique dabord hma 43 994 cassette harmonia mundi hml 590 994 cdbook.
It was considered blasphemous at the time, which made it all the more popular. Benjamin bagby director, sequentia will present the next concert program of the medieval music ensemble sequentia. Frederick renz, director of the ensemble, here describes how they created an effective dramatic production. The poem condemns abuses in contemporary political and religious life. Melbourne classical music appreciation group melbourne. At that time, france was under the rule of philippe iv, the fair, who had relocated the seat of the church from rome to avignon and was conducting a brutal campaign of annihilation against the.
Romance of fauvel, french poem by gervais du bus that, in addition to its literary value, is a crucial document for the history of music. Click on the picture for the fulltext of my thesis. It enables a variety of user interactions with the manuscript using a large multitouch tabletop computer, including viewing and navigating highresolution scans, viewing superimposed translations of the text, searching manuscript. He excites the attentions of the rich and powerful, presumes to court lady fortune, and provokes allykinds of outrage and grief.
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