Moniot d'Arras

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Moniot d'Arras (fl. ca. 1225) was a French composer and poet of the trouvère tradition.^[1] He was a monk of the abbey of Arras in northern France; the area was at the time a center of trouvère activity, and his contemporaries included Adam de la Halle and Colin Muset.^[2] His songs were all monophonic in the tradition of pastoral romance and courtly love; he also wrote religious songs. About fifteen of his secular songs, and two religious songs, survive; his most famous song is Ce fut en mai.^[3]

Works

• Chanson de Rencontre (a.k.a. "Ce fut en mai")HE

References

1. ^ Moniot d'Arras
2. ^ Entry, trouvere, in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
3. ^ Denis Stephens, A History of Song (W. W. Norton & Company, 1970; ISBN 0393005364), p. 28