The Cambridge Songs: A Goliard's Songbook of the Eleventh Century (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries) - Softcover

Breul, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108003486 ISBN 13: 9781108003483

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The Cambridge Songs are preserved - many of them uniquely - in a famous eleventh-century manuscript held in Cambridge University Library. Composed in Germany, mostly in Latin but with some vernacular sections, these lyrics are most notable for the variety they display in both genre and form. As one of the earliest examples of medieval secular song-writing they are a key part of the canon of European literature. This 1915 edition was the first to reproduce the complete text with facing-page transcriptions. Karl Breul, originally from Berlin, became the first university lecturer in German in 1884, and remained the most eminent Germanist at Cambridge until his death in 1932. His edition continues to be of value to medievalists today both as a source for the study of these remarkable poems and as a record of Breul's achievement in scholarship and palaeography.

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Book Description:

The Cambridge Songs, preserved in a famous eleventh-century manuscript, are of great importance to medievalists as early examples of secular song-writing, and for the variety of forms and genres they represent. This 1915 edition was the first to reproduce the complete text with facing-page transcriptions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1108003486
• ISBN 13: 9781108003483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160