Adam de Givenchi, also spelled Adan de Givenci, Givenci, Gevanche, or Gievenci ( fl. 1230–1268) was a trouvère, probably from Givenchy, who was active in and around Arras.
Adam appears in charters of May and July 1230 as a clerk of the Bishop of Arras. He was still serving in the household of the bishop in 1232. In 1243 he was named as a priest and chaplain to the bishop. [1] In 1245 he was the doyen of Lens. [2]
He is assumed to have known the poet-composers Pierre de Corbie, Guillaume le Vinier and Jehan Bretel because he engages in one jeu-parti with Guillaume le Vinier in which Pierre is called as a witness, and another with a 'Jehan', who is assumed to be the prolific jeu-parti writer Jehan Bretel. [3]
His songs survive mainly in MSS M (the chansonnier du roi) and T (the chansonnier de noailles), except for RS1164 which is additionally in MS a and the two jeux partis, which are more widely copied. [4] Six other poems survive attributed to him, all with melodies. Two of these are chansons avec des refrains and two further are descorts. [5]
Eight songs survive attributed to Adam in the index of MS M and all have music in at least one source. The RS numbers given here are those of the standard catalogue. [6] In MS M, both in the index and in the main body, they occur in the order: RS1164, RS1443, RS1947, RS912, RS1660, RS1085, RS2018, and RS205. The first five songs occur in the same order in MS T, although the final three are found (in a similarly ordered group) earlier in the manuscript.
Adam de Givenchi, also spelled Adan de Givenci, Givenci, Gevanche, or Gievenci ( fl. 1230–1268) was a trouvère, probably from Givenchy, who was active in and around Arras.
Adam appears in charters of May and July 1230 as a clerk of the Bishop of Arras. He was still serving in the household of the bishop in 1232. In 1243 he was named as a priest and chaplain to the bishop. [1] In 1245 he was the doyen of Lens. [2]
He is assumed to have known the poet-composers Pierre de Corbie, Guillaume le Vinier and Jehan Bretel because he engages in one jeu-parti with Guillaume le Vinier in which Pierre is called as a witness, and another with a 'Jehan', who is assumed to be the prolific jeu-parti writer Jehan Bretel. [3]
His songs survive mainly in MSS M (the chansonnier du roi) and T (the chansonnier de noailles), except for RS1164 which is additionally in MS a and the two jeux partis, which are more widely copied. [4] Six other poems survive attributed to him, all with melodies. Two of these are chansons avec des refrains and two further are descorts. [5]
Eight songs survive attributed to Adam in the index of MS M and all have music in at least one source. The RS numbers given here are those of the standard catalogue. [6] In MS M, both in the index and in the main body, they occur in the order: RS1164, RS1443, RS1947, RS912, RS1660, RS1085, RS2018, and RS205. The first five songs occur in the same order in MS T, although the final three are found (in a similarly ordered group) earlier in the manuscript.