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The Early Music Show

Music: Classical: Early Music

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Le voir dit: Machaut et Peronne

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Le voir dit: Machaut et Peronne

09/04/2011

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Le voir dit: Machaut et Peronne

Catherine Bott explores one of Guillaume de Machaut's extraordinary works, Le voir dit.

Catherine Bott explores one of Guillaume de Machaut's extraordinary works, Le voir dit, which details a love between the composer and an admirer.

Guillaume de Machaut was one of the greatest composers and poets of the Middle Ages and Le Voir Dit is one of his most extraordinary works. Containing 9,094 lines of verse and 8 musical settings, it tells the tale of a blossoming love between the elderly Machaut and a young admirer: Péronne d' Armentières. Catherine Bott explores Machaut's "The True Story".

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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