Grimace

(fl. late 14th C)



French composer. He may have been connected with Avignon, but did not adopt the rhythmically very complex style of the other Avignon composers of the period; the style of his three ballades, one rondeau and one virelai recalls Machaut. His best known work, A l'arme a l'arme,uses fanfare-like motifs to illustrate the warlike imagery of its text.



A Partial Grimace Discography  |  II. The Central Middle Ages | IID: The Ars Nova In France  | IIIF : Codex Chantilly and L'Ars Subtilior