Il Dit / Elle Dit available now!




Featuring poetry by 15th-c. author Christine de Pizan interspersed with musical selections from her circles, Trobár’s first album Il Dit / Elle Dit explores themes of dialogue, gender dynamics, and equality. Tis Kaoru Zamler-Carhart gives voice to the poems, expressing both men’s and women’s perspectives on love and courtliness. The music offers a complementary variety of perspectives by well-known composers such as Machaut, Binchois, and Dufay, as well as by lesser-known or anonymous composers. With performances by voices, vielle, rebec, harp, and flute, Trobár founders Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins Bailey, and Karin Weston weave an aural tapestry of perspectives on French courtly love.