Jehan de Lescurel (fl. early 14th century; alsoJehannot de l'Escurel) was acomposer-poet of latemedieval music.^[1] Jehan's extensive survivingoeuvre is an important and rare examples of theformes fixes before the time ofGuillaume de Machaut; it consists of 34 works: 20ballades, 12rondeaus and two long narrative poems,diz entés. All but one of his compositions ismonophonic, representing the end of thetrouvère tradition and the beginning of the polyphonicars nova style centered around theformes fixes.

Jehan de Lescurel is also known as Jehannot de l'Escurel.^[2] Very little is known of his life;^[2] the transmission, notation and circumstances of his works suggest he was active in the early 14th century, and his compositions's textual references indicate he was active inParis.^[1] It has also been inferred that Jehan was the son of a merchant and probably received his musical training at theNotre Dame de Paris.^[3] For many years, scholars assumed he was the 'Jehan de Lescurel' who had been hanged on 23 May 1304 along with three other young clerics of Notre Dame, includingOudinet Pisdoé, for "debauchery" and "crimes against women".^[1][3] Recent research has shown that "Jehan de Lescurel" was a rather common name in early fourteenth-century Paris, and there is no other clear link between the composer and cleric.^[4]

He was a transitional figure from thetrouvère period to thears nova. His lyrical style unites him with the composers of the later period. The sole source for his music is the same manuscript (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS français 146) which preserves the interpolated version of theRoman de Fauvel.^{[citation needed]}

Most of his works aremonophonic songs, in the style of thetrouvères; only one of his 34 works ispolyphonic, although he wrote other works which have not survived. The songs arevirelais,ballades,rondeaux; they includeword painting more in the style of the later 14th-century composers than those of the 13th century; they are simple, charming, and debauchery is not a prominent theme.^{[citation needed]} Jehan also has two extantdiz entés, lengthy poems with music set only to the refrain text.^[2]

• Wilkins, Nigel[in French] (1966).The Works of Jehan de l'Escurel.Corpus mensurabilis musicae. Vol. 30. Cambridge, Massachusetts:American Institute of Musicology.OCLC 1123637753.

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• Mediabook"Songé .i. Songe" (Jehan de Lescurel. Songs and one of theDits Entés: "Gracïeux temps") by theEnsemble Syntagma, dir. A.Danilevski, essay by E. DanilevskiEAN 3003651420002

• List of compositions by Jehan de Lescurel at theDigital Image Archive of Medieval Music
• Free scores by Jehan de Lescurel in theChoral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Works by Jehan de Lescurel in the Medieval Music Database fromLa Trobe University

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