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Adam de la Halle

American  
[a-dahn duh la al] / a dɑ̃ də la ˈal /

noun

  1. c1240–87, French troubadour: a composer.


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The style of Adam de la Halle varies from the coarsest satire to the most graceful tenderness.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

Two other poets, Adam de la Halle and Rutebœuf, are far more prominent in literary history.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

De Julleville2099 puts Adam de la Halle as the first comic writer in France, in point of time.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

He was a good natural melodist, as the examples in Coussemaker's "Adam de la Halle" show.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

Another celebrated name of these minstrels was Adam de la Halle, of Arras in Picardy—1240-1286.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

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