Love's Illusion: Music from the Montpellier Codex 13th Century

Anonymous 4, Marsha Genensky - Love's Illusion: Music from the Montpellier Codex 13th Century

Love's Illusion: Music from the Montpellier Codex 13th Century
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Artist: Anonymous 4, Marsha Genensky
Performer: Ruth Cunningham
Performer: Susan Hellauer
Performer: Johanna Rose
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1994-08-23
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi
Soundtracks:
  1. Montpellier Codex: Plus Bele Que Flor - Quant Revient - L'autrier Joer - Flos Filius (Mo 21)
  2. Montpellier Codex: Puisque Bele Dame M'eime - Flos Filius (Mo 231)
  3. Montpellier Codex: Amours Mi Font Souffrir - En Mai - Flos Filius (Mo 111)
  4. Montpellier Codex: Ne Sai, Que Je Die - Iohanne (Mo 185)
  5. Montpellier Codex: Si Je Chante - Bien Doi Amer - Et Sperabit (Mo 311)
  6. Montpellier Codex: Or Ne Sai Je Que Devenir - Puisque D'amer - Kyrieleyson (Mo 267)
  7. Montpellier Codex: H? Dieus, De Si Haut Si Bas - Maubatus - Cumque (Mo 92)
  8. Montpellier Codex: Celui En Qui - La Bele Estoile - La Bele, En Qui - Iohanne (Mo 20)
  9. Montpellier Codex: Qui D'amours Se Plaint - Lux Magna (Mo 215)
  10. Montpellier Codex: Amours, Dont Je Sui - L'autrier, Au Douz Mois - Chose Tassin (Mo 270)
  11. Montpellier Codex: Au Cuer Ai Un Mal - Ja Ne M'en Repentirai - Jolietement (Mo 260)
  12. Montpellier Codex: Quant Voi La Fleur - Et Tenuerunt (Mo 241)
  13. Montpellier Codex: Quant Se Depart - Onques Ne Sai Amer - Docebit Omnem (Mo 131)
  14. Montpellier Codex: Joliement - Quant Voi La Florete - Je Sui Joliete - Aptatur (Mo 34)
  15. Montpellier Codex: Amor Potest Conqueri - Ad Amorem Sequitur (Mo 238)
  16. Montpellier Codex: Ce Que Je Tieng - Certes Mout - Bone Compaignie - Manere (Mo 33)
  17. Montpellier Codex: J'ai Si Bien Mon Cuer Assiz - Aucun M'ont - Angelus (Mo 128)
  18. Montpellier Codex: Ne M'oubliez Mie - Domino (Mo 236)
  19. Montpellier Codex: J'ai Mis Toute Ma Pensee - Je N'en Puis - Puerorum (Mo 255)
  20. Montpellier Codex: Blanchete - Quant Je Pens - Valare (Mo 168)
  21. Montpellier Codex: Dame, Qeu Je N'os Noumer - Amis Donc Est - Lonc Tans A (Mo 337)
  22. Montpellier Codex: Li Savours De Mon Desir - Li Grant Desir - Non Veul Mari (Mo 323)
  23. Montpellier Codex: Entre Copin - Je Me Cuidoie - Bele Ysabelos (Mo 256)
  24. Montpellier Codex: S'on Me Regarde - Prenn?s I Garde - H?, Mi Enfant (Mo 223)
  25. Montpellier Codex: Quant Yver La Bise Ameine - In Seculum (Mo 223)
  26. Montpellier Codex: Ne M'a Pas Oubli? - In Seculum (Mo 207)
  27. Montpellier Codex: On Doit Fin[e] Amor - La Biaut? - In Seculum (Mo 134)
  28. Montpellier Codex: Ja N'amerai Autre Que Cele - In Seculum (Mo 3)
  29. Montpellier Codex: Quant Je Parti De M'amie - Tuo (Mo 200)

Music reviews of Love's Illusion: Music from the Montpellier Codex 13th Century

Music Review: Fun and full of love
Rating: 5 Stars

This is a wonderful collection of chansons, or songs, from medieval France. It is different from many Anonymous 4 collections in that this is a piece of secular songs, primarily dealing with courtly love; the songs are particularly influenced by the Arthurian romances, very much in vogue at that time. This is a collection of motets - a musical style that came out of polyphony and is an important bridge between chant and modern song styling.

The Montpellier Codex has over 300 different motets (not including duplications), including many double motets, where the tenor piece is based on a plainchant, and different voices have their own texts. These 'fin amours' songs were most likely performed mostly in private entertainment settings, and song have argued that certain parts should be done by instruments rather than voices. Of course, the Anonymous 4 is an a capella group, so that idea does not come into practice here.

This is a playful and fun recording, full of lovely songs that reach the heart in strong ways.

-- Liner Notes --
This text accompaniment to this disc is very full, so much so that the booklet is not contained within the jewel case, but rather within a slipcover in which both the CD/jewel case and the booklet reside. The liner notes include a description of the work, a brief piece about the quartet, and the lyrics of the songs both in original language and in translation - all repeated in English, German, and French sections (however, the French lyrics are in the older French language; a modern translation would be helpful). The cover art is a section of the lovely Tapestry, Lady and the Unicorn, Atelier of the Loire Valley, 'mille fleurs', fifteen century in the Museum of Cluny, France.

-- Anonymous 4 --
Contrary to the implication of their name, the Anonymous 4 are not anonymous. This is a vocal quartet made up of Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, and Johanna Rose at the time of this recording (Ruth Cunningham will later go on to a solo career early, and another member will join - Jacqueline Horner). They came together as a formal group in 1986, and have been ensemble-in-residence at St. Michael's Church in New York City, giving concert series in New York as well as throughout North America. They have been featured a number of times on national media in North America as well as Germany. They then went on to yet more success, eventually performing more that 1000 concerts worldwide.

Their specialty is working with chant, monophonic and polyphonic music, and working with medieval texts. According to one source, 'The group takes its name from an anonymous music theorist of the late 13th century, Anonymous IV, who is the principal source on the two famous composers of the Notre Dame school, Léonin and Pérotin.'

The group ended a touring career of nearly two decades in 2004.
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