A musical project on the Chanson de Roland

De Wicri Chanson de Roland
Révision datée du 9 novembre 2022 à 09:07 par Jacques Ducloy (discussion | contributions) (Discovering Roland and the legendary world of Charlemagne while singing)
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This page provides information on the musical aspects of the Wicri/Chanson de Roland project.

In introduction shows a path of discovery for amateur and curious musicians. Then the Wicri/Chanson de Roland project is introduced in its scientific context (for historians and linguists). Then a musical suite (Oratorio profane) by Gilles Mathieu brings an original development to this digital project. Finally, a conclusion proposes to examine a European sequel.

Discovering Roland and the legendary world of Charlemagne while singing

This wiki, called "Wicri/Chanson de Roland", is a digital library that contains musical elements. In particular, it gives access to a secular oratorio composed by a contemporary author: Gilles Mathieu.

A performance by the academic choir of de Nancy in 2009

A music lover (or a choir director) will be able to listen to an interpretation (for example the second movement, accessible on the right).

In a choir, a singer will find work files like:


\new Staff \with {
  midiInstrument = "voice oohs"
  instrumentName = #"S "
  shortInstrumentName = #"S "
  } {
  \relative c' {  
   \time 4/4 \key bes \major 
        r2 r4 \f d4\(
        a'4. b8 c b a g
    \time 3/4 
      a2 d,4
      f4. g8 e4
      d2\) d4\(
     \time 4/4
      a'4. bes?8 c bes? a g
   \time 3/4
      a2\) d,4 
      ees?4.\( f8 ees?4
      d2.\)
  }  }
 \addlyrics { 
              Car - les
              li - re -- is  nostr' em -- pe -- rer ma -- gnes.
              Set anz tuz pleins ad e - stet en E - s paigne
            }
Gautier 1895 couverture couleur.png
Charlemagne à la bataille.jpg

Introducing the Wicri/Chanson de Roland project

The Wicri project

The Chanson de Roland becomes a huge hypertext

Musical topics