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Estampie - anonymusRobertsbridge Codexarrangement: Joris Van GoethemSATB / ATBThis "estampie" was found in the "Robertsbridge-Codex" (London BL add. 28550). In many ways this is a curious manuscript. First of all, it is the earliest example of keyboard tablature: a system of notation going back nearly 700 years in which tones are indicated by letters, numbers and other symbols rather than notes on a stave. In the case of this piece, the upper voice has been notated on a stave but the accompaniment is represented using letters.The pieces from the Robertsbridge Codex , dating from around 1320, are almost certainly composed for the organ. The manuscript, found in an English abbey, shows a clear French connection. Among the works, one finds intabulations of motets from the "Roman de Fauvel". The recurring use of the French terms "overt/clos" and the general compositorial form that we find in our piece which originally had no title, justify it being called "estampie". The first known estampies were found in a French source known as "Le manuscript du roi" from around 1300. The polyphony with its octaves, a veritable English Fauxbourdon and
its use of two and sometimes even three voices, make this piece a gem
from which to arrange an ensemble piece. It lends itself well for playing
in three parts. There is also a four voice arrangement in which the
soprano recorder provides extra brilliance to the whole. |
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