Lambert Ferri (fl. c. 1250–1300) was a

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and

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at the

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monastery at Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais. By 1268 he was a

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and a

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of the monastery; he is last associated with the monastery in 1282. He was a popular partner for '' jeux partis'', of which some twenty-seven survive between him and other composers, including Jehan Bretel, Jehan le Cuvelier d'Arras, Jehan de Grieviler,

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, Phelipot Verdiere, Robert Casnois, and Robert de La Pierre.Michelle F. Stewart (1979), "The Melodic Structure of Thirteenth-Century ''Jeux-Partis''," ''Acta Musicologica'', 51(1), 86–107. Eleven of his songs have surviving melodies, including seven of the ''jeux partis'', three '' chansons'', and one Marian '' serventois''.

Table of extant songs

References

*Parker, Ian R
"Ferri, Lambert."
''Grove Music Online''. ''Oxford Music Online''. Accessed 20 September 2008.

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{{Authority control Trouvères French Benedictines French male classical composers