A chansonnier (Catalan: cançoner, Galician and Portuguese: cancioneiro, Italian: canzoniere or canzoniéro, Spanish: cancionero) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of chansons. Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. A manuscript is any Document that is Written by hand as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way A chanson ( French for " Song " from Latin cantio) is in general any lyric -driven French songs usually Polyphonic In Music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent Melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice ( Monophony In Music, monophony is the simplest of textures, consisting of Melody without accompanying Harmony. The most important chansonniers contain lyrics, poems and songs of the trouvères or troubadours of the Middle Ages. Trouvère ( MWCD: /trü'ver trü'vər/ sometimes spelled trouveur, is the Northern French ( Langue d'oïl) form of the word Troubadour A troubadour ( IPA:, originally) was a composer and performer of Occitan Lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100&ndash1350 Prior to 1420, almost all chansonniers contained both sacred and secular music, with the exception of those containing the work of Guillaume de Machaut. Guillaume de Machaut, sometimes spelled Machault (c 1300 – April 1377 was an important Medieval French Poet and Composer. Around 1420, sacred and secular music was segregated into separate sources, with large choirbooks containing sacred music, and smaller chansonniers for more private use by the privileged. Chansonniers were compiled primarily in France, but also in Italy and Germany; however, even when they were compiled elsewhere, they contain mostly French polyphonic chansons. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ^[1]

A singer of chansons could also be called a chansonnier.

Contents 1 List of important chansonniers 1.1 Catalan 1.2 French 1.3 Occitan 1.4 Galician-Portuguese 1.5 Spanish 2 References 3 Notes

List of important chansonniers

Catalan

• Cançoner de l'Ateneu
• Cançoner Carreras
• Cançoner dels Comtes d'Urgell
• cançoner d'Estanislau Aguiló
• Cançoner del Marquès de Barberà
• Cançoner d'obres enamorades
• Cançoner de Paris-Charpentras
• Cançoner de la Universitat de Saragossa
• Cançoner de vides de sants
• Cançoneret de Ripoll
• Jardinet d'Orats

French

• Cangé Chansonnier
• Cappella Giulia Chansonnier
• Chansonnier Cordiforme
• Chansonnier de Arras
• Chansonnier du Roi (also Occitan)
• Chansonnier Nivelle de la Chaussée
• Copenhagen Chansonnier
• Dijon Chansonnier
• Florentine Chansonnier
• Laborde Chansonnier
• Mellon Chansonnier
• Noailles Chansonnier
• Seville Chansonnier
• Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier

Occitan

• Cançoner Gil
• Cançoner Vega-Aguiló
• Chansonnier de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
• Philipps Manuscript
• Poetarum Provinciali

Galician-Portuguese

• Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional
• Cancioneiro da Ajuda
• Cancioneiro da Vaticana
• Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
• Pergaminho Sharrer (fragment)
• Pergaminho Vindel (fragment)

Spanish

• Cancionero de Baena
• Cancionero de Palacio
• Colombina Cancionero

References

• Howard Mayer Brown. The Cançoneret de Ripoll (Carmina Riulpullensa now manuscript 129 of Ripoll in the Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó, is a short Catalan - Occitan The Cançoner Gil is an Occitan Chansonnier produced in Barcelona in the middle of the 14th century. This article refers to a medieval songbook For the Renaissance songbook see Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional (Renaissance The Cancioneiro The Cancioneiro de Ajuda ( Ajuda Songbook) is a collection of poems written in the Galician-Portuguese language and dating from the end of the 13th century The Cancioneiro da Vaticana ( Vatican Songbook) is a compilation of Troubadour lyrics in Galician-Portuguese language located in the Vatican Library The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat ( Catalan for "Red Book of Montserrat" is a collection of late medieval songs. The Pergaminho Sharrer ( Sharrer Parchment) is the name given to a mediaeval Parchment fragment containing seven songs by King Dinis I of Portugal, The Cancionero de Baena ("Songbook of Baena" was compiled between around 1426 to 1430 by the Marrano Juan Alfonso de Baena "Chansonnier (i)", Grove Music Online, ed. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians L. Macy (accessed July 30, 2006), grovemusic.com. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

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