Les Jardins de Courtoisie - Adam de la Halle: D'Amoureus Cuer Voel Chanter (2006)
EAC | WavPack (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 73:19 | 384 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Zig-Zag Territoires | Catalog: ZZT070401
EAC | WavPack (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 73:19 | 384 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Zig-Zag Territoires | Catalog: ZZT070401
Adam de la Halle (c. 1237 - 1288) was one of the first composers to receive the honour of having manuscripts copied comprising his complete works, surely indicative of the esteem in which he was held. De la Halle moved between two worlds as the music of the courts of the nobility was moving out into the aspiring merchant classes of the cities.
His songs of courtly love are characterised by, to use his own phrase, "mal joli", or delightful woe.