Jaques le Vinier

Jaques le Vinier (fl. 1240–60) [L. A. Vigneras (1934), "Note sur Andrieu Contredit," "Romanic Review", 25, 380, states that the register of the Puy records his death in 1245.] was a trouvère probably from the region around Arras and associated with the trouvères of that city. He was a member of the Puy d'Arras and wrote a "jeu parti" with Andrieu Contredit. His "floruit" dates are reconstructed on the basis of his reference to Jehan Bretel in his "chanson d'amour" "De loial amour". Besides "chansons d'amour", Jaques also wrote "chansons" dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The main source preserving his work is the Vatican Chansonnier. Jaques wrote original melodies for his Marian songs, while most such works by other trouvères were contrafacta of pre-existing music. The plagal melodies, all in bar form, are simple, but include both isometric or heterometric tunes. Jaques's complete œuvre comprises:
*"Ains que mi chant aient definement
*"Bele dame bien aprise
*"Chanter veul de la meillour
*"De loial amour jolie
*"Fine Amours, cui j'ai mon cuer done
*"Je sui cieus qui tous jours foloie
*"Loiaus amours qui en moi maint
*"Vierge pucele roiausIt is doubtful whether this last one is Jaques's. Unlike his other Marian "chansons", it is a contrafactum of "Lo clar tems vei brunezir" by Raimon Jordan.

References

*Karp, Theodore. [http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/14182 "Le Vinier, Jaques."] "Grove Music Online". "Oxford Music Online". Accessed 20 September 2008.

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