EPSTEIN, Marcia Jenneth. [edited and translated by] Prions en chantant. Devotional Songs of the Trouveres

[From the cover of the paperback edition] "The purpose of this study is to place the devotional songs of the trouveres in the context of their literary, musical, and sociological background, to examine them as documents attesting to the beliefs of their creators and listeners on a number of doctrinal issues, and to explore the circumstances of their creation and performance. The reader interested in the songs as devotional documents may choose to concentrate on the text commentaries and translations; the historian may peruse the background materials without concern for the music; the performer can turn directly to the edition to find recital material. It is hoped, however, that members of each group will venture beyond their usual area of expertise and investigate the phenomenon of the trouvere devotional songs as an undivided whole. To present them as anything less would be to diminsh their magic"