Adam de la halle
c1240–87, french troubadour: composer.
historical examples
besides rutebœuf the most characteristic figure of his cl-ss and time (about the middle of the 13th century) is adam de la halle.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 11, slice 2 various
he was a good natural melodist, as the examples in coussemaker’s “adam de la halle” show.
a popular history of the art of music w. s. b. mathews
adam de la halle, so far as our present information goes, has the credit of inventing two separate styles of such composition.
a short history of french literature george saintsbury
two other poets, adam de la halle and rutebœuf, are far more prominent in literary history.
a short history of french literature george saintsbury
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