The Loire Valley chansonniers are a related group of songbooks[1] copied in the Loire Valley region of central France c. 1465-c. 1475 and produced in the context of the French royal court. They consist of six chansonniers: Copenhagen, Dijon, Nivelle, Laborde, Leuven and Wolfenbüttel.[2] The songbooks, smaller than a modern paperback,[3] personalized and lavishly decorated, are the earliest surviving examples of a new genre which offered a combination of words, music, and illuminations.[4]
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