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A LA CLAIRE FONTAINE (Page 40) 
LA ROSE BLANCHE (Page 42) 
DANS LES HAUBANS (Page 44) 
LE MIRACLE DU NOUVEAU-NE (Page 46) 
Among the numerous love songs of varied age and descrip- 
tion, three or four types may be singled out as ancient and 
typically French: the shepherd song, the rossignol messager 
(nightingale messenger of love), the aubades, and nocturnes. 
Although they rest upon short narratives, their intention is 
lyrical. They are mediaeval, perhaps largely from central 
France, and they embody some of the finest melodies we know. 
Though not of troubadour origin, their themes were far from 
unfamiliar in southern France; they were also used in the written 
literature of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. These 
lyric songs underwent a peculiar evolution in the course of their 
long history. Like many other songs of the Middle Ages they 
spread from France to neighbouring countries. 
ROSSI GNOLET SAUVAGE (Page 49) 
QUI N’A PAS D’AMOUR (Page 51) 
LA-HAUT, SUR CES MONTAGNES (Page 54) 
