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Corina Marti – Le Roman de Fauvel or Mundus Inversus

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Date(s) - 04/08/2018
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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French Church du Saint Esprit

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The 14th­–century relocation of the papacy from Rome to Avignon provided ripe opportunity for both shock and satire.

The Roman de Fauvel, an allegorical verse about an orange-hued donkey who becomes king, and whose marriage to Fortune results in the antichrist, is probably the best known work to come out of the tumult.

Basel-based virtuosa Corina Marti performs exquisite musical selections by Philippe de Vitry and others, Ars Nova tales that tell of calamity that ensues when a state loses its way and an ass takes the throne.

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