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Adam de la Halle

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Adam de la Halle or Adam le Bossu , c.1240-1287, French dramatist and poet-musician, one of the great trouvères . Many of his songs and polyphonic motets are preserved, as is the pastoral comedy with music Le Jeu de Robin et Marion (c.1283). Another work, Jeu d'Adam ou de la feuillée (1262), was one of the earliest forerunners of comic opera. Author not available, ADAM DE LA HALLE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Adam de la Halle
Adam de la Halle [ Adam de la Hale, Adam le Bossu] ( b Arras, c. 1245; d Naples, ?1288 or in England after 1306). Fr. trouvère, poet, and composer. Wrote in all genres current in 13th cent., both monophonic chansons and polyphonic motets. Few... Read more

Adam de la Halle
Adam de la Halle ( c. 1245– c. 1288), French trouv...the Court of Robert II, Count of Artois, Adam wrote also a pastoral, Le Jeu de Robin et...which, by virtue of its music—for Adam was a composer as well as a poet—... Read more

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