virelai

Even a little melancholy, some kind of virelai, rhythmic and rueful.

The Holy Thief Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1992

These are technically all virelai anciens, with patterns of four twelve-line verses, wrapping first to last and back again.

seanan_mcguire: Because I don't ask you to do what I won't do... seanan_mcguire 2009

Arabic influence may have some part in the genesis of the songs, although the tonality of the Cantigas (mainly Dorian and Mixolydian modes) and basic structure are European; the virelai serves as the basic form, already in use with the Latin conductus, and divided into refrain – mudanza – vuelta – refrain (AA-bb-aa-AA, as in N.º 361).

Archive 2009-07-01 Lu 2009

In addition to the virelai there are, among other things, examples of rondeau, ballade, romance and free song-forms.

Archive 2009-07-01 Lu 2009

You all know that I adore structured poetry, from the haiku to the virelai.

seanan_mcguire: Shakespeare says... seanan_mcguire 2009

That's because I am so totally not writing an example of each type of virelai.

seanan_mcguire: Because I don't ask you to do what I won't do... seanan_mcguire 2009

Machaut was especially influential in the development of the motet and the secular song particularly the lai, and the formes fixes: rondeau, virelai and ballade.

Messe de Nostre Dame, Guillaume de Machaut bls 2009

I can't stand reading it , and I'm pretty sure that it is written in virelai form, though I'd have to find it to compare.

seanan_mcguire: Because I don't ask you to do what I won't do... seanan_mcguire 2009

Machaut was especially influential in the development of the motet and the secular song particularly the lai, and the formes fixes: rondeau, virelai and ballade.

Archive 2009-10-01 bls 2009

Though I must confess, I do now wonder if one could sing a virelai.

seanan_mcguire: Because I don't ask you to do what I won't do... seanan_mcguire 2009