{"product_id":"robert-de-reims-robert-de-reims-9780271087184","title":"Robert de Reims: Songs and Motets","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert de Reims, also known as \"La Chievre de Rains,\" was among the earliest trouvères--poet-composers who were contemporaries of the troubadours but who wrote in the dialects of northern France. This critical edition provides new translations into English and modern French of all the songs and motets ascribed to him, along with the original texts, the extant music, and a substantive introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActive sometime between 1190 and 1220, Robert was an influential figure in the literary circles of Arras. Thirteen compositions set to music are here attributed to him, including nine chansons and four polyphonic motets that were broadly disseminated in the thirteenth century and beyond. Robert's work is exceptional on a number of fronts. He lavished particular care on the phonic harmony of his words. Acoustic luxuriance and expertise in rhyming, grounded in the play of echoes and variation (often extending into the music), constitute the hallmark of his poetry. Moreover, he is the earliest trouvère known to have composed a parodic \u003ci\u003esotte chanson contre Amours \u003c\/i\u003e(silly song against Love).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocated clearly at the nexus of monophonic song and polyphony, Robert's corpus also poses the intriguing question of trouvère participation in the development of the polyphonic repertory. The case of Robert de Reims jostles and tempers the standard history of the chanson and motet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible and instructive, this trilingual critical edition of his complete works makes the oeuvre of this innovative and consequential trouvère available in one volume for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert de Reims\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271087188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271087184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 6.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Robert de Reims","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988967358719,"sku":"9780271087184","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcb5df16-12cb-4271-94ae-c0ec156379cb.jpg?v=1683297211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/robert-de-reims-robert-de-reims-9780271087184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}