358 THE MUSIC

E D I T I O N S O F M U S I C . L u d w i g 1 9 2 6 - 5 4 , 4 : 7 7 - 7 9 (ed. Besseler; errors); Schrade 1956b, 2 : 9 4 -

98 ( c r i t i c a l notes 1956c, 7 0 - 7 1 ; errors discussed i n H o p p i n 1958, 9 3 - 9 4 ; 1960, 18, n . 22);
H o p p i n 1958, 9 6 - 1 0 1 . T h e m u s i c o f strophes 1 and 12 is the same.
D I S C U S S I O N (musical) . M a c h a b e y 1955b, 1:121. H o p p i n (1958) was the first to r e c o g n i z e the
p o l y p h o n i c nature o f the w o r k , w i t h a notation s i m i l a r to the " h i d d e n p o l y p h o n y " seen i n
s o m e twelfth-century manuscripts ( F u l l e r 1971, 1 8 8 - 9 0 ) .
Pour ce que tous mes charts fais (ballade B12)
Refrain: Se je chant mains que ne sueil
MANUSCRIPTS WITH T E X T A N D MUSIC.
[1] C fols. 1 6 2 v - 1 6 3 v no. 12 2v (ca, ten; empty staves for tr)
[3] V g f o l . 3 0 2 r no. 12 2v (ca, ten; empty staves for tr)
[4] B fol. 300r no. 12 2v (ca, ten; empty staves for tr)
[5] A fol. 460v no. 13 2v (ca, ten)
[6] G f o l . 138v no. 13 2v (ca, ten)
[7] E f o l . 155v no. 31 2v (ca, ten)
T E X T MANUSCRIPT.
[10] M fol. 238v no. 12
E D I T I O N O F T E X T . C h i c h m a r e f 1909, 2 : 5 4 7 - 4 8 no. 15.
T R A N S L A T I O N . W i l k i n s 1989, 149 (strophe 1).
D A T E . M a c h a b e y (1955b, 2:27) notes the s i m i l a r i t y o f the b e g i n n i n g o f the tenor a n d cantus
o f 1. 8 and the o p e n i n g o f the Lay de Confort, S'onques (L17/12) and suggests that both the
b a l l a d e a n d the l a i dated f r o m the same p e r i o d . H e is m o r e p r e c i s e later ( 2 : 5 7 ) , c i t i n g
H o e p f f n e r ' s note to 1. 2 2 4 9 o f the Confort ( 1 9 0 8 - 2 1 , 3:249), w h i c h indicates that the l a i
m u s t date from the same perio d as the dit a n d is indeed the same l a i referred to i n Confort as
the Lay de Bon Espoir. Nevertheless, after c i t i n g a counter e x a m p l e (see b e l o w , note o n the
date o f Nes qu'on [B33]), M a c h a b e y admits that conjectures c o n n e c t i n g l y r i c s w i t h specific
narrative p o e m s are fragile. See commentary b e l o w on date o f S'onques.
T E X T S T R U C T U R E . 3 strophes: 7ab ab c c d c D a:-ais, b:-ent, c:-ueil
D I S C U S S I O N (literary). P o i r i o n 1965, 198n. (themes o f B 1 2 , Aucune gent I Qui plus aimme
[ M 5 ] , and Se faire sçay [Lo55] are related).
E D I T I O N S O F M U S I C . L u d w i g 1 9 2 6 - 5 4 , 1:10-11; Schrade 1956b, 3:83 (critica l notes 1956c,
105-6).
D I S C U S S I O N ( m u s i c a l ) . M a c h a b e y 1955b, 2 : 2 6 - 2 9 , 5 7 ; Dömling 1970, 3 0 - 3 1 (text setting
a n d m u s i c a l structure); R e a n e y 1971, 4 0 - 4 2 (brief analysis) ; Dömling 1972, 3 0 2 , 3 0 3 , 3 0 5
(text setting, refrain) ; Lühmann 1978, 201 ( d e c l a m a t i o n ) ; H i r s h b e r g 1980, 38 (ficta);
W e l k e r 1992, 184 (text underlay).
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A N T E C E D E N T S (textual and m u s i c a l ) . T h e refrain quotes (a) the first l i n e o f the bailete Se je

chant mains que ne suel ( R . 1 0 0 0 ; ed. G e n n r i c h 1 9 2 1 - 2 7 , 1:123-24 no. 171 [commentary
2:113); (b) the text o f the motetus o f a 3v motet i n F:MO 196, Coument se poet I Se je
chante / Qui prendroit a son cuer; a n d (c) text and m u s i c o f the 3v chace, Se je chant mains
que ne suel (ed. A p e l 1 9 7 0 - 7 2 , 3 : 1 6 2 - 6 8 n o . 2 9 0 ; H o p p i n 1978b, 1 2 7 - 1 3 3 n o . 6 0 [with
text translation]; G r e e n e 1 9 8 1 - 8 9 , 2 0 : 2 0 9 - 1 7 no. 64). N o t e that text a n d m u s i c o f the first
a n d last l i n e o f the chace appear to b e l o n g together: Se je chant mains que ne suel/ C'est
pour ce que ne puis mie [If I s i n g less than u s u a l , it is because I cannot]. D i s c u s s e d i n
L u d w i g 1 9 2 6 - 5 4 , 1:11; R e a n e y 1955, 5 2 ; Günther 1972, 5 4 - 5 5 ; F r o b e n i u s 1986, 11 c o l .
b ; N e w e s 1987, 8 7 - 8 9 , 9 9 - 1 0 1 and 1991b, 9 9 - 1 0 0 ( M a c h a u t m a y not h a v e k n o w n the
Ivrea chace); Kügle 1990, 534 n. 3 2 (ascribes Ivrea chace to D e n i s le G r a n t , first c h a p l a i n to
K i n g Philip V I i n 1349); 1 9 9 3 , 2 7 4 - 8 0 (more o n citations a n d ascription). F o r more on the
development o f the chace, see Kügle 1991, 3 7 9 - 8 4 ; 1 9 9 3 , 2 5 8 - 8 2 .
Pour quoy me bat. See Lasse! I Se j' aim ( M 16).
Pour vivre joliement. Le Lay de la Rose (lai L 2 1 ; Schrade lai 15)
M A N U S C R I P T S W I T H T E X T A N D M U S I C (all monophonic).
[5] A fols. 4 0 8 v - 4 1 0 v no. 21 (has title) [6] G fols. 1 0 0 v - 1 0 2 r no. 21 (has title)
E D I T I O N O F T E X T . C h i c h m a r e f 1909, 2 : 4 5 1 - 5 8 no. 2 1 .
T R A N S L A T I O N . K e l l y 1 9 7 8 , 4 8 (a few lines o f strophe 3).

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