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Late 14th-century French Music

on BBC Radio 3

EARLY MUSIC CONSORT OF LONDON director DAVID MUNROW with NIGEL ROGERS (tenor)
After the death of Guillaume de Machaut in 1372 French secular music developed a style of extreme sophistication, especially in matters of rhythm. The ballads,rondeaux, and virelais of such composers as Matheus de Perusio, Solage. Grimace and Borlet remained virtually unknown until the appearance, 20 years ago, of a collection edited by Willi Apel , from which all the music in this programme has been selected,

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Tenor:
Nigel Rogers
Edited By:
Willi Apel

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