Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)

Overview

According to The Oxford Companion to Music, Guillaume de Machaut [also Machault] was born about 1300 at Machaut in the Ardennes and died in Rheims about 1377. He was a learned priest and a graceful poet. He lived successively at the courts of John of Luxembourg, the Duchess of Normandy, and Charles V of Navarre (for whose coronation he wrote a notable Mass). Latterly he settled in Rheims, of whose cathedral he was a canon. His compositions (sacred and secular) are numerous and important. The oldest still existing polyphonic setting of the Mass is his, and he was the last of the age of the troubadours to write not merely the words but also the music of his songs. A complete edition of his works was begun in 1926 but later abandoned.

Websites:
	Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377)	Discography, Biography, Lyrics at Medieval.org by Pierre-F. Roberge (discography) and Todd M. McComb (text).

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Guillaume De Machaut : A Guide to Research	Lawrence Earp
	Guillaume De Machaut. (Oxford Studies of Composers, 9)	Gilbert Reaney

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Recorder Music CDs:
	David Munrow Ensemble	The Art of the Recorder
	Pierre Hamon	Lucente Stella
	Michael Posch	Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century
	Chalilio	Wooden Flutes
	The Flautadors	Rubbra, Britten: The Complete Recorder Works
	American Recorder Orchestra of the West	A Medieval Pilgrimage
	Clas Pehrsson	The Artistry of Clas Pehrsson