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The Romance of the rose or of Guillaume de Dole : an abridged version in English translation / Jean Renart ; project directors, Margaret Switten, Robert Eisenstein ; video producer/director, Robert Bender.
LIBRA Music Videorecording 80 video booklet 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
- Subjects (All):
- Romances--Translations into English.
- Romances.
- Jean Renart, active 12th century-13th century. Guillaume de Dole--Audio-visual aids.
- Jean Renart.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (80 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 2 books
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Guillaume de Dole.
- Romance of Guillaume de Dole.
- Place of Publication:
- [South Hadley, MA] : Mount Holyoke College, [1993]
- System Details:
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Medieval love story of a good emperor who falls in love with a beautiful woman and the obstacles they encounter. The story is narrated, acted (sometimes in mime) and sung.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Peter Becker; Cast, Mark Bleeke, Wallace Acton, Andrea Folan, etc.
- Credits:
- Video, Garth Michael; editor, Bill Mueller; music, The Folger Consort; consultants, John Baldwin, Howell Chickering, Sylvia Huot; dance consultant, Meredith Taylor.
- Notes:
- In English with English subtitles for Old French songs.
- Subtitles of books: Booklet I The video script (in parallel Old French and English translation by Susan Miller and Margaret Switten, along with transcriptions of melodies), Booklet II Commentary (with contributions by John W. Baldwin, Sylvia Huot and Margaret Switten and a bibliography (p. 72-75).
- "Teaching Medieval romance through video performance."
- VHS.
- Recorded in the chapel of the College of Preachers, Washington, D.C.
- OCLC:
- 84918588
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