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Until recently the rôle of women as composers and performers of both sacred and secular music during the Middle Ages has been seriously underestimated.
This disc, sung by the all-female group Musica Ficta, reveals how well suited to women’s voices are music from Notre-Dame in Paris and the songs of many trouvères (the northern counterparts of the troubadours of Languedoc).
The latter songs, for instance, often feature female protagonists and present different perspectives on love and life to those by their male counterparts.
Anonymous: Alleluia / Posui adiutorium
Alleluia / Posui adiutorium
Anonymous: Viderunt omnes
Viderunt omnes
Anonymous: A vos vieg, chevalier sire / Et Florebit
A vos vieg, chevalier sire / Et Florebit
Anonymous: Je sui jonete / He Diex! je n'ai pas mari / Veritatem
Je sui jonete / He Diex! je n'ai pas mari / Veritatem
Anonymous: Soufres, maris, et si ne vous anuit
Soufres, maris, et si ne vous anuit
Anonymous: S'on me regarde / Prenes I garde / He! Mi Enfant
S'on me regarde / Prenes I garde / He! Mi Enfant
Anonymous: Cil bruns ne me meine mie / In Seculum
Cil bruns ne me meine mie / In Seculum
Anonymous: Nus ne mi pourroit / Nonne sui, nonne, laissier / Aptatur
Nus ne mi pourroit / Nonne sui, nonne, laissier / Aptatur
Anonymous: Joliement en douce / Quant voi la florete / Je sui joliete / Aptatur
Joliement en douce / Quant voi la florete / Je sui joliete / Aptatur
Perotin: Sederunt principes
Sederunt principes
Anonymous: Mors (clausula)
Mors (clausula)
Anonymous: Non vos relinquam - Homo quo vigeas
Non vos relinquam - Homo quo vigeas
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