- A
virelai is a form of
medieval French verse used
often in
poetry and music. It is one of the
three formes fixes (the
others were the
ballade and the...
- same texts. It is thus most
similar to the
French musical 'forme fixe'
virelai (and not the
ballade as the name
might otherwise suggest). The
first and...
-
secular song
forms (particularly the lai and the
formes fixes: rondeau,
virelai and ballade).
Among his only
surviving sacred works,
Messe de
Nostre Dame...
-
surviving works encomp****ing many forms, the
three formes fixes rondeaux,
virelais, ballades, as well as motets, lais and a
single representative of the complainte...
-
formes fixes;
three ballades, a
virelai and rondeau. His best
known and most
often performed work in modern-times is the
virelai and proto-battaglia: A l’arme...
-
corresponding musical chanson form.
Together with the
ballade and the
virelai it was
considered one of
three formes fixes, and one of the
verse forms...
- 14th century, by the
French composer Guillaume de Machaut. The song is a
virelai,
belonging to the
style ars nova, and is one of the most
often heard medieval...
- (fol. 23) ("Splendid ruler")
Virelai: Mariam,
Matrem Virginem,
Attolite (fol. 25r) ("Praise Mary, the
virgin mother")
Virelai/danse:
Polorum Regina (fol...
-
highly developed secular compositions.
Breton lai
Roundelay § Etymology
Virelai Henry Garland; Mary Garland, eds. (2005) [1997], "Leich", The
Oxford Companion...
- one of the
three formes fixes (the
other two were the
rondeau and the
virelai) and one of the
verse forms in
France most
commonly set to
music between...
