Adam de la Halle

Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère. Among the few medieval composers to write both monophonic and polyphonic music, in this respect he has been considered both a conservative and progressive composer, resulting in a complex legacy: he cultivated admired representatives of older trouvère genres, but also experimented with newer dramatic works. Adam represented the final generation of the trouvère tradition and "has long been regarded as one of the most important musical and literary figures of thirteenth-century Europe". Adam's literary and musical works include chansons and jeux-partis (poetic debates) in the style of the trouvères; polyphonic rondel and motets in the style of early liturgical polyphony; and a musical play, Jeu de Robin et Marion (c. 1282–83), which is considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music. He was a member of the Confrérie des jongleurs et bourgeois d'Arras, a fraternity of jongleurs.

Early Music Bangers - Unequal Temperament, Equal Energy - 2026-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Torrid Classics - Voluptuous Music for Passionate Nights - 2026-02-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Rondeaux à trois voix égales (Adam de la halle for guitar) - 2024-07-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Le Bossu d'arras - Musique Moyen-Age - 2023-11-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Adam de La Halle: Le doux regard de ma dame (For dobro) - 2019-05-03T00:00:00.000000Z

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