Or Dient et Content et Fabloient: Four Centuries of Old French Verse

  • Directed by Daniel O’Sullivan
  • Recorded May 2003
  • The Chaucer Studio, 2007
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  • CD
  • (10 tracks, 53 minutes) (ICMS Readings 3) (ICMS003).
  • No ISBN. Apparently available only from Chaucer Studio: Or dient CD
  • Digital Download
  • (10 tracks, 53 minutes) (ICMS Readings 3) (ICMS103).
  • No ISBN. Apparently available only from Chaucer Studio: Or dient download

Contents (information from CD insert)

In many cases, these readings are selections from longer works.

  • Track 1. La Vie de Saint Alexis (11th century, anonymous). Read by Samuel N. Rosenberg. 5:55.
  • Track 2. La Chanson de Roland (11th century, anonymous). Read by Samuel N. Rosenberg. 6:53.
  • Track 3. Del larun et de la sorcere (12th century, Marie de France). Read by Hope Wasburn. 1:52.
  • Track 4. Deus amanz (12th century, Marie de France). Read by Hope Wasburn. 4:48.
  • Track 5. Tristan et Iseut (12th century, Béroul). Read by Joan Tasker Grimbert. 4:06.
  • Track 6. Yvain (12th century, Chrétien de Troyes). Read by Joan Tasker Grimbert. 3:48.
  • Track 7. Le Roman de la Rose (13th century, Guillaume de Lorris). Read by Daniel O’Sullivan. 8:34.
  • Track 8. La Griesche d’esté (13th century, Rutebeuf). Read by Daniel O’Sullivan. 4:51.
  • Track 9. Le Dit de la pastoure (15th century, Christine de Pisan). Read by Christopher Callahan. 7:14.
  • Track 10. Deux ballades (15th century, François Villon). Read by Christopher Callahan. 4:10.

Readers

  • Christopher Callahan (Illinois Wesleyan University)
  • Joan Tasker Grimbert (The Catholic University of America)
  • Daniel O’Sullivan (The University of Mississippi)
  • Samuel N. Rosenberg (Indiana University)
  • Hope Wasburn (Independent)