To continue our observance of Poetry Month, this is poetry by an early woman — Christine de Pizan — set to music by Gilles Binchois. Christine de Pizan was born in Venice in 1364 and educated at the University of Bologna. She wrote poetry and prose, and was the first female professional writer of the Middle Ages. She was widowed in 1389 when her husband died of the plague, becoming a single mother to three young children. You can read more about her life, and hear Beautiful Music by Binchois: his setting of the poem Christine de Pizan wrote about the death of her husband. It’s performed by the American medieval and renaissance ensemble Asteria, comprised of soprano Sylvia Rhyne and lutenist & tenor Eric Redlinger.
(74) Dueil angoisseux – (poem: Christine de Pizan, music: Gilles Binchois) – YouTube
Christine de Pizan – World History Encyclopedia (ancient.eu)