The farsed epistles of Saint Stephen in Occitan: a musical approach Authors Joan Maria Martí Mendoza Societat Catalana de Musicologia Keywords: farsed epistle, farced epistle, troped epistle, trope, vernacular, Saint Stephen, medieval music, liturgy, sacred music, Occitan Abstract The farsed epistles of Saint Stephen in Occitan were one of the first musical expressions in vernacular language in liturgical music. Their origins are contemporaneous with those of northern medieval France and they gave rise to the tradition in Catalan. As opposed to the case of other languages, including Picard and Latin, the farsed epistles of Saint Stephen in Occitan endured for centuries, far beyond the medieval period, and evidence of their practice and singing is found up to the 19th century in Aix-en-Provence. This article considers the eleven sources in Occitan language, two of which were rediscovered in the course of this research. These two new sources are an Agen manuscript and a transcription of a now lost Riols source published in a local press article, which had been forgotten since the 19th century and had remained unknown to the various authors who have studied these sources’ text and music in the 20th and 21st centuries. Additionally, the relationship between the two texts of the respective archetypes is established since there are sources that contain the texts of both. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2023-11-30 Issue Vol. 16 (2023) Section Articles License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia when submitting articles. — The Societat Catalana de Musicologia is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
