Codex

Tre Fontane, an ensemble of young performing musicians from Southern France, land of the troubadours, whose music they have explored extensively, have devoted the present recording to the major French Ars Nova composer Guillaume de Machaut, and leading Italian composers of the trecento, using the Codex Faenza as a central reference. Most of the time they remain fairly close to the Faenza variations on the vocal originals, with occasional extemporization.

Tetraktys - Codex Chantilly, Vol. 1 (2008) {Olive–Et'cetera KTC 1900}
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Classical / Medieval / Early Music / 14th Century

The most significant among the so-called Ars Subtilior Mss. is the codex which today lies in the Musée Condé in Chantilly. Recent research suggests that the repertory of this codex originated in South-Western France, insofar as this is not part of the general French repertory of the time. It is clear that both music and texts were intended for, and/or commissioned by the courts of in particular Gaston Fébus, count of Foix and Beam (1343-1391), John I, king of Aragon (1350-1395) and Jean, Duc de Berry (1340-1416). The 112 polyphonic compositions comprise 99 songs and 13 motets, among which the 70 ballades predominate, though there are also 17 rondeaux and 12 virelais.