The art of grafted song : citation and allusion in the age of Machaut / Yolanda Plumley.
| Author/creator | Plumley, Yolanda, 1962- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] |
| Description | xxiv, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Citation, genre, and experiments in song in the early fourteenth century. Cantilena entata: etymologies and the grafted song ca. 1300 -- Grafting song in Paris: the lyric works of Jehannot de Lescurel -- Experiemntal song-writing in the Roman de Fauvel -- Part II. Performing citation in court and city: the rise of the fixed forms. Performing nonsense at court: Watriquet de Couvin's fastras -- Citation and ritual at the Puys of Valenciennes and Paris -- Jehan de Le Mote and the rise of the ballade -- Citing the classics: mythological ballads by Le Mote, Vitry, and Compion -- Part III. Machaut and the art of grafted song. Machaut's heritage: tracing citations in his lyrics and songs -- Self-citation and lyric process in la loange des dames -- The dynamics of duplication: staging debate in machaut's voir dit. |
| Abstract | The author explores the penchant for borrowing in chansons and lyrics from 14th-century France, uncovering a practice integral to the experiments in form, genre, and style that ushered in a new school of lyric. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-440) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2013006430 |
| ISBN | 9780199915088 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199915083 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40023414853 |