Guillaume de Machaut, the master poet-composer of fourteenth-century France, served for many years as the canon of the great Gothic cathedral at Reims, where the kings of the realm were crowned.

of the opening of Guillaume de Machaut’s “Messe de Notre Dame,” which he wrote for this great Gothic space. The mass features four male voices in open harmonies capable of amplifying mystery ...

The Hilliard Ensemble's Machaut Motets Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was reviews a new recording of motets by the 14th-century composer Machaut. Was finds some very modern elements in ...