Short bio Guillaume de Machaut
Genre:
Classical,Folk
Period:
Medieval
Full biography Guillaume de Machaut
Guillaume de Machaut was a French composer and poet who lived during the 14th century. He was born in the region of Champagne, France, in the year 1300 and died in Reims in 1377. Throughout his life, Machaut was considered a prolific and influential composer, whose works greatly impacted the development of polyphonic music and secular poetry.
Machaut was known as a versatile composer who composed in both the sacred and secular domains. His repertoire included a wide range of works, including motets, songs, masses, hymns, and lais. His compositions were characterized by intricate harmonies, elegant cadences, and complex rhythms, which were considered groundbreaking at the time.
Machaut was also a renowned poet, and his musical compositions were often combined with his own lyrical verses. His poems were marked by their richness of language, their complex rhymes, and their use of symbolism and allegory.
Some of Machaut's most well-known works include the mass Messe de Nostre Dame, a seminal work that helped to establish the polyphonic style of music, and the celebrated love song Douce Dame Jolie. His innovation and influence stretched beyond his own lifetime, as his works continued to be performed and studied for centuries after his death.
Overall, Guillaume de Machaut's contribution to the development of medieval music and poetry is immeasurable. His unique and daring compositions, along with his poetic verses, continue to inspire and captivate audiences to this day.
Compositions featuring Guillaume de Machaut
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices | 16:45 min | Choral | 1364 |
| 2 | Felix virgo/Inviolata genitrix/Ad te suspiramus, motet for 4 voices | 4:04 min | Choral | 1360 |
| 3 | Hoquetus David, double hocket for 3 voices | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | 1360 |
| 4 | Je ne cuit pas qu'onques, ballade for 2 voices | 5:34 min | Vocal Music | 1360 |
| 5 | Je puis trop bien ma dame comparer, ballade for 3 voices | 3:53 min | Vocal Music | 1360 |
| 6 | Une vipere en cuer, ballade for 2 voices | 6:38 min | Vocal Music | 1360 |
| 7 | Christe que lux es/Veni Creator Spiritus/Tribulatio proxima est, motet for 4 voices | 4:10 min | Choral | 1359 |
| 8 | Tu qui gregem/Plange, regni/Apprehende arma et scutum et exurge, motet for 4 voices | 3:14 min | Choral | 1358 |
| 9 | C'est force, faire le weil, virelai for voice | 3:04 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 10 | Certes mon oueil, rondeau for 3 voices | 5:20 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 11 | Comment puet on mieus, rondeau for 3 voices | 4:18 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 12 | De Fortune me doy pleindre, ballade for 3 (or 4) voices | 4:32 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 13 | De toutes flours, ballade for 3 voices | 5:23 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 14 | En amer a douce vie, ballade for 4 voices | 4:53 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 15 | He, dame de valour que j'aim, virelai for voice | 3:08 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 16 | Liement me deport par samblant, virelai for voice | 5:10 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 17 | Ma fin est mon commencement, rondeau for 3 voices | 4:07 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 18 | Mors sui se je ne vous voy, virelai for 2 voices | 3:46 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 19 | Se quanque amours, ballade for 4 voices | 6:06 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 20 | Tant doucement me sens emprisonnés, rondeau for 4 voices | 3:49 min | Vocal Music | 1350 |
| 21 | Tuit me penser sont, virelai for voice | 3:20 min | Vocal Music | 1349 |
| 22 | Douce dame jolie, virelai for voice | 2:22 min | Vocal Music | 1346 |
| 23 | Aymi, dame de valour, virelai for solo voice | 2:52 min | Vocal Music | 1340 |
| 24 | Comment qu'a moy lonteinne, virelai for voice | 2:49 min | Vocal Music | 1340 |
| 25 | Dame, mon cuer en vous, rondeau for 3 voices | 4:18 min | Vocal Music | 1340 |
| 26 | Fons tocius superbie/O livoris feritas/Fera pessima, motet for 3 voices | 2:48 min | Choral | 134? |
| 27 | Amours me fait desirer, ballade for 3 voices | 4:27 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 28 | Amours qui ha le povoir/Faus samblant/Vidi dominum, motet for 3 voices | 3:09 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 29 | Aucune gent/Qui plus aimme/Fiat voluntas tua, motet for 4 voices | 2:54 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 30 | Ballades | 2:49 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 31 | Biaute qui toutes autres pere, ballade for 3 voices | 4:23 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 32 | Bone pastor Guillerme/Bone pastor qui pastores/(tenor), motet for 3 voices | 2:50 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 33 | Ce qui soustient, rondeau for 2 voices | 2:25 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 34 | Cinc, un, treze, rondeau for 2 voices | 2:15 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 35 | Dame de qui toute ma joie vient, ballade for 4 voices | 5:18 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 36 | Dame, a qui m'ottri, virelai for voice | 4:15 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 37 | Dame, a vous sans retollir, virelai for voice | 3:14 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 38 | Dame, comment qu'amez de vous, ballade for 2 voices | 7:39 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 39 | Dame, je sui cilz/Fins cuers doulz/(tenor), motet for 3 voices | 2:43 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 40 | Dame, je weil endurer, virelai for voice | 2:14 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 41 | Dame, mon cuer emportés, virelai for 2 voices | 4:05 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 42 | Dame, ne regardés pas, ballade for 2 voices | 4:18 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 43 | Dame, se vous m'estés lointeinne, ballade for voice | 2:27 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 44 | Dame, se vous n'avez aperceü, rondeau for 3 voices | 3:41 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 45 | Dame, vostre doulz viaire, virelai for voice | 5:17 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 46 | De bon espoir/Puis que la douce/Speravi, motet for 3 voices | 2:52 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 47 | De bonté, de valour, virelai for voice | 3:37 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 48 | De desconfort, de martyre amoureus, ballade for 2 voices | 5:57 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 49 | De petit po, de nient volente, ballade for 3 voices | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 50 | De tout sui si confortee, virelai for 2 voices | 5:26 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 51 | De triste cuer/Quant vrais amans/Certes, je di, ballade for 3 voices | 4:19 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 52 | Dieus, Biaute, Douceur, virelai for voice | 4:30 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 53 | Dix et sept, cinc, rondeau for 3 voices | 4:13 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 54 | Donnez, signeurs, ballade for 3 voices | 4:44 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 55 | Dou mal qui m'a longuement, virelai for voice | 2:33 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 56 | Douce dame, tant com vivray, rondeau for 2 voices | 3:12 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 57 | Doulz amis, oy mon compleint, ballade for 2 voices | 4:36 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 58 | Doulz viaire gracieus, rondeau for 3 voices | 2:09 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 59 | En demantant et lamentant, lai for voice or 3 voices | 10:47 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 60 | En mon coeur a mon descort, virelai for 2 voices | 4:00 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 61 | Esperance qui masseüre, ballade for 2 voices | 5:22 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 62 | Foy porter, honneur garder, virelai for voice | 3:23 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 63 | Gais et jolis, ballade for 3 voices | 3:18 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 64 | Hareu, hareu, le feu/Helas, ou sera/Obediens usque ad mortem, motet for 3 voice parts | 2:00 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 65 | He, dame de vaillance, virelai for voice | 3:31 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 66 | He, Mors, com tu es haïe/Fine Amour, quie me vint navrer/Quare non sum mortuus, motet for 3 voices | 2:50 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 67 | Helas! et comment aroie, virelai for voice | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 68 | Helas! Pour quoy/Corde mesto/Libera me, motet for 3 voices | 3:07 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 69 | Helas, pour quoy se demente, rondeau for 2 voices | 3:54 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 70 | Helas, tant ay dolour, ballade for 2 voices | 7:08 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 71 | Honte, paour, doubtance, ballade for 3 voices | 4:07 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 72 | Il m'est avis qu'il n'est dons de Nature, ballade for 4 voices | 5:36 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 73 | J'aim la flour de valour, lai for voice | 6:11 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 74 | J'aim mieus languir, ballade for 2 voices | 3:22 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 75 | J'aim sans penser laidure, virelai for voice | 2:17 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 76 | J'ay tant mon coeur/Lasse! Je suis en aventure/Ego moriar pro te, motet for 3 voices | 3:34 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 77 | Je ne cesse de prier ("Lay de la fonteinne"), lai for 3 voices | 17:52 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 78 | Je sui aussi com cilz, ballade for 2 or 3 voices | 4:31 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 79 | Je vivroie liement, virelai for voice | 2:36 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 80 | Joie, plaisence et douce nourriture, chanson royal for 1 voice | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 81 | Lasse! comment oublieray/Se j'aim mon loyal/Pour quoy me bat mes maris?, motet for 3 voices | 3:25 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 82 | Longuement me sui tenus (Lay de Bonne Esperance), lai for voice | 20:16 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 83 | Loyaute weil tous jours, virelai for voice | 1:54 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 84 | Loyauté que point ne delay, lai for voice | 17:01 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 85 | Ma chiere dame, a vous, ballade for 3 voices | 3:27 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 86 | Malgré Fortune et son tour (Lay de plour No. 1), lai for voice | 18:29 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 87 | Martyrum gemma latria/Diligenter inquiramus/A Christo honoratus, motet for 3 voices | 3:18 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 88 | Maugre mon cuer/De ma dolour/Quia amore langueo, motet for 3 voices | 2:34 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 89 | Merci vous pri, rondeau for 2 voices | 5:07 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 90 | Mes esperis se combat, ballade for 3 voices | 5:01 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 91 | Moult sui de bonne heure nee, virelai for 2 voices | 4:15 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 92 | Ne celle amour, ballade (perhaps spurious) | 5:20 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 93 | Ne pensés pas, dame, que je recroie, ballade for 2 voices | 2:42 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 94 | On ne porroit penser, ballade for 3 voices | 3:25 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 95 | Pas de tor en thies païs, ballade for 3 voices | 5:06 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 96 | Phyton le mervilleus serpent, ballade for 3 voices | 5:33 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 97 | Plourez dames, ballade for 3 voices | 6:16 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 98 | Plus dure qu'un dyamant, virelai for 2 voices | 2:59 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 99 | Pour ce que plus proprement ("Lay de consolation"), lai for voice | 20:20 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 100 | Pour ce que tous mes chans fais, ballade for 2 voices | 6:41 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 101 | Pour vivre joliement (Lay de la rose), lai for voice | 13:45 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 102 | Puis qu'en oubli, rondeau for 3 voices | 1:52 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 103 | Puis que ma dolour agree, virelai for voice | 3:27 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 104 | Quant en moy/Amour et biaute/Amara Valde, motet for 3 voices | 3:21 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 105 | Quant j'ay l'espart, rondeau for 2 voices | 3:30 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 106 | Quant je ne voy ma dame, rondeau for 3 voices | 5:32 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 107 | Quant je sui mis su retour, virelai for voice | 2:06 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 108 | Quant ma dame les maus, rondeau for 3 voices | 3:21 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 109 | Quant Theseus/Ne quier veoir, ballade for 4 voices | 5:14 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 110 | Quant vraie amour/A series summe rata/Super omnnes speciosa, motet for 3 voices | 2:16 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 111 | Qui es promesses de Fortune/Ha, Fortune! trop suis mis loing/Et non est qui adjuvet, motet for 3 voices | 2:02 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 112 | Qui n'aroit autre deport, lai for voice | 12:54 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 113 | Riches d'amour et mendians, ballade for 2 voices | 5:12 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 114 | Rondeaux | Vocal Music | 13?? | |
| 115 | Rose, liz, rondeau for 4 voices | 4:29 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 116 | S'Amours ne fait, ballade for 2 voices | 6:57 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 117 | S'il estoit nulz/S'amours tous/Et gaudebit cor vestrum, motet for 3 voices | 1:55 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 118 | S'onques douleureusement ("Lay de confort"), lai for 3 voices | 31:04 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 119 | Sans cuer, dolens, rondeau for 2 voices | 4:25 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 120 | Sanz cuer/Amis, dolens/Dame, par vous, ballade for 3 voices | 3:08 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 121 | Se d'amer me repentoie, virelai for voice | 3:29 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 122 | Se je me pleing, je n'en puis mas, ballade for 2 voices | 5:39 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 123 | Se je souspir parfondement, virelai for 2 voices | 3:02 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 124 | Se ma dame m'a guerpy, virelai for voice | 4:17 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 125 | Se mesdisans en acort, virelai for voice | 4:39 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 126 | Se pour ce muir, ballade for 3 voices | 7:26 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 127 | Se vous n'estés, rondeau for 2 voices | 4:01 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 128 | Tant doucement m'ont attrait/Eins que ma dame/Ruina, motet for 3 voices | 2:28 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 129 | Tels rit au main qui au soir, complainte for voice | 10:50 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 130 | Tous corps/De souspirant cuer/Suspiro, motet for 3 voices | 2:49 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 131 | Tres bonne et belle, mi oueil, virelai for 3 voices | 3:23 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 132 | Tres douce dame que j'aour, ballade for 2 voices | 4:07 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 133 | Trop plus est bele/Biaute paree/Je ne sui mie, motet for 3 voices | 2:08 min | Choral | 13?? |
| 134 | Vo doulz resgars, rondeau for 3 voices | 5:11 min | Vocal Music | 13?? |
| 135 | La Loange des Dames (poetry) | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 136 | Le Jugement du Roi de Navarre (poetry) | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 137 | Le Livre du Voir-Dit (autobiographical poetry) | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 138 | Le Remède de Fortune (poetry) | 2:01 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 139 | Motets | Choral | - | |
| 140 | Nes que on porroit, ballade for 3 voices | 6:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 141 | Virelais | Vocal Music | - |
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