Book of interest to this topic

[Bogue]

Popped up on another list.

Songs of the Women Trouveres

".....the works of women poet-composers, or trouveres, in northern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries."

http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/28024

Songs of the Women Trouvères
edited by Elgal Doss-Quinby, Joan Tasker Grimbert, Wendy Pfeiffer and Elizabeth Aubrey

The historical existence of women trouvères in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries has been doubted, largely because many songs were anonymous. This anthology of over 70 Old French songs, accompanied by parallel English verse translation, aims to identify female authorship, based on the evidence of lyrics, linguistics and associated manuscript details. The extensive introduction discusses the female voice in a range of lyric types, including `chanson de femme' laments, romances and indecent vernacular songs, and considers the controversial role of women poets and musicians in medieval society. Includes extracts of sheet music. 283p (Yale UP 2001)

Soft cover 9.95 GB pounds

Hard Cover 22.50 GB pounds

May be of use to some

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Bogue

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I'll let Cath Pegg know then shall I?