Wednesday, October 9th
by musicclipoftheday
sounds of the 14th century
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377), Messe de Notre Dame (begins at 6:15; preceded by Introit [polyphonic chant]); Ensemble Gilles Binchois, live, France (Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence), published 2011
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lagniappe
reading table
Identity is made
of select experiences.***
If you are genuinely sick,
the leaves recedeand the flickering holes between them
come forward—not angels, but
unnamed objects—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Vultures” (Poetry, 10/19)