Compare and contrast A chanter m’er with O ruborsanguinis. Consider aspects of rhythm, texture and

accompaniment, and the language of the text.



What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: Both compositions lack a clear-cut metrical structure or a driving rhythm; they have a single melody; only A
chanter has an accompaniment; O rubor is sung in Latin while A chanter is in a dialect of southern French

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