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  Encyclopedia: Music of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Main article: Music of Brittany Brittany is on the northwest coast of France and is a region unique in that country in its Celtic cultural derivation.
The first was the ars nova, the new, predominantly secular music which began with the publication of the Roman de Fauvel, and culminated in the rondeaux, ballades, lais, virelais, motets, and single surviving mass of Guillaume de Machaut, who died in 1370.
The ars nova was a stylistic period in music of the Late Middle Ages, centered in France, which encompassed the period from the publication of the Roman de Fauvel (1310 and 1314) until the death of Machaut (1377).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-France   (10323 words)

  
 Mary of Burgundy - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Mary (1457–1482), duchess of Burgundy, only child of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon, was born on February 13 1457.
When her father fell upon the field of Nancy, on January 5 1477, Mary was not yet twenty years of age.
Louis XI of France seized the opportunity afforded by his rival's defeat and death to take possession of the duchy of Burgundy as a fief lapsed to the French crown, and also of Franche Comte, Picardy and Artois.
www.music.us /education/M/Mary-of-Burgundy.htm   (586 words)

  
 The Guild of Food Writers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
From Dolly's strawberry jam to summer fruits in grappa; from grannie's apple chutney to limoncello; from redcurrant relish to Italian fig conserve.
A Kitchen in Burgundy (Cassell) A loving account of life at Château du Fey, recording people, events and food (with recipes) from its purchase as a weekend retreat for Anne and her husband and young family, through the setting-up there of La Varenne cooking school, to the planning of a daughter's wedding festivities.
The Food Bible (Quadrille) Described as 'the ultimate reference book for food and your health', it has now sold approximately 250,000 copies since its first publication in 1998.
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