The art of grafted song : citation and allusion in the age of Machaut / Yolanda Plumley.

Author/creator Plumley, Yolanda, 1962- author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxxiv, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 423-440) and indexes.
LCCN 2013006430
ISBN9780199915088 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0199915083 (hardback : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40023414853