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Vous l’Inaccessible

July 29, 2016

Re-imagining of Machaut's "Douce Dame Jolie"

Composer: Jon Fielder

Year of Composition: 2012
Instrumentation: Soprano
Type of Electronics: Live

Number of Channels: 4
Duration: 9:00
Video Component: None

Score ResourcesRecording

Vous l’Inaccessible is for soprano and electronics, and was inspired by the Guillaume de Machaut virelai “Douce Dame Jolie.” Machaut’s melody and text are presented in a variety of forms, as a chant, spoken word, and a direct quotation of the melody. As the piece unfolds, the voice becomes more free and independent of the original melody, creating a process of development followed by deconstruction and finally reconstruction into completely new material free from the original melody. The final spoken text is a modern text, related to the theme of unattainable love (like the Machaut text), but presented in modern French as opposed to Medieval French text of “Douce Dame Jolie.”

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