Claude le Jeunne: Complete Unpublished Chansons. Volume 16

The Sixteenth-Century Chanson: Previously Unpublished full scores of chansons from the ateliers of LeRoy and Ballard, Monderne, and Waelrant and de Laet. 

selected and edited by Jane A. Bernstein of Tufts University

A delightful collection of early music, broken into 3 to 6 parts. 23 French songs from the 16th century, published to allow modern singers to authentically perform them. Published as modern musical scores, most are notated in 4-part harmony. 224 pages. 9 X 12 inches.

A Chanson "is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular. A singer specializing in chansons is known as a 'chanteur' (male) or 'chanteuse' (female); a collection of chansons, especially from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, is also known as a chansonnier." (wikipedia)

Publishing Info: Garland Publishing, New York and London. 1989.

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition.

• ISBN: 0824031156
  

• Good quarter bound in beige and grey cloth, with clear blue ink on front and black on spine.
• Binding is tight.
• Boards are strong with sharp corners.
• Front board exhibits three white spots on the grey cloth front.
• The spine has a few white splotches, with a little fading and gently bumped spine ends.
• A light owner's stamp remains on ffep.
• Inside pages are free of marginalia, underlining and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have very little dust.
• Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear.
• CR20151125

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