A chansonnier (, , Galician and , or canzoniéro, ) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of songs, hence literally "song-books"; however, some manuscripts are called chansonniers even though they preserve the text but not the music, for example, the Cancioneiro da Vaticana and Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, which contain the bulk of Galician-Portuguese lyrics. The most important chansonniers contain lyrics, poems and songs of the troubadours and trouvères used in the medieval music. Prior to 1420, many song-books contained both sacred and secular music, one exception being those containing the work of Guillaume de Machaut. Around 1420, sacred and secular music was segregated into separate sources, with large choirbooks containing sacred music, and smaller chansonniers for more private use by the privileged. Chansonniers were compiled primarily in France, but also in Italy, Germany and in the Iberian peninsula. List of chansonniers Catalan French Cangé Chansonnier Cappella Giulia Chansonnier Casanatense chansonnier Chansonnier Cordiforme Chansonnier de Arras Chansonnier du Roi (also Occitan) Chansonnier Nivelle de la Chaussée Copenhagen Chansonnier Dijon Chansonnier Florentine Chansonnier Laborde Chansonnier Mellon Chansonnier Noailles Chansonnier Seville Chansonnier Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier Italian Cancionero de Montecassino Occitan Cançoner Gil Cançoner Vega-Aguiló Chansonnier de Saint-Germain-des-Prés Philipps Manuscript Poetarum Provinciali Galician-Portuguese Cancioneiro da Ajuda Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional Cancioneiro da Vaticana Pergaminho Sharrer (fragment) Pergaminho Vindel see Martin Codax Portuguese Cancioneiro de Belém Cancioneiro de Elvas Cancioneiro de Lisboa Cancioneiro de Paris Spanish Cancionero de Baena Cancionero de la Colombina Cancionero de Medinaceli Cancionero de Palacio Cancionero de Segovia References Howard Mayer Brown. "Chansonnier (i)", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 30, 2006), grovemusic.com. Books by type