A companion to Guillaume de Machaut / edited by Deborah McGrady and Jennifer Bain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGrady, Deborah L., 1967-

Bain, Jennifer, 1967-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 33.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; v. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377--Criticism and interpretation.

Guillaume.

Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xx, 414 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

Editors McGrady (French, U. of Virginia) and Bain (music, Dalhousie U.) offer an introductory essay explaining Machaut's significance and what distinguishes his life and his extant oeuvre of writings and musical compositions from that of his 14th-century French contemporaries. Following are 18 contributions from an international roster of scholars of medieval literature, music, and French who investigate select works, contextualize his music and literature, and discuss his reception and legacy. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Section I Machaut in Perspective

1 The Poetic I / Helen J. Swift Swift, Helen J. 15

2 Guillaume de Machaut and the Forms of Pre-Humanism in Fourteenth-Century France / Anne-Hélène Miller Miller, Anne-Hélène 33

3 Poet as Musician / Elizabeth Eva Leach Leach, Elizabeth Eva 49

Section II Select Works in Disciplinary Dialogue

4 "Ma fin est mon commencement": The Essence of Poetry and Song in Guillaume de Machaut / Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet Cerquiglini-Toulet, Jacqueline 69

5 '...et mon commencement ma fin': Genre and Machaut's Musical Language in His Secular Songs / Jennifer Bain Bain, Jennifer 79

6 Machaut and Debate Poetry / Emma Cayley Cayley, Emma 103

7 Moving across Media: Machaut's Lais and the Judgement Tradition / Benjamin Albritton Albritton, Benjamin 119

Section III Situating Machaut's Music

8 Machaut's Musical Heritage / Mark Everist Everist, Mark 143

9 Self-Citation and Compositional Process in Guillaume de Machaut's Lyrics with and without Music: The Case of "Dame, se vous n'avez aperceü" (Rondeau 13) / Yolanda Plumley Plumley, Yolanda 159

10 The Motets Read and Heard / Alice V. Clark Clark, Alice V. 185

11 Declamation as Expression in Machaut's Music / Lawrence Earp Earp, Lawrence 209

Section IV Contextualizing Machaut's Literature

12 Guillaume de Machaut and the Classical Tradition: Individual Talent and (Un)Communal Tradition / R. Barton Palmer Palmer, R. Barton 241

13 'Laissier le mal, le bien eslire': History, Allegory, and Ethical Reading in the Works of Guillaume de Machaut / Daisy Delogu Delogu, Daisy 261

14 History's Fixers: Informants, Mediators, and Writers in the Prise d'Alexandre / Zrinka Stahuljak Stahuljak, Zrinka 277

15 Instrumental Comparisons: Machaut's Shorter Dits / Julie Singer Singer, Julie 293

Section V Tradition and Reception

16 Guillaume de Machaut's Lyric Poetry / Barbara K. Altmann Altmann, Barbara K. 311

17 Performing Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame: From Modernist Allegiances to the Postmodern Hinterland / Kirsten Yri Yri, Kirsten 333

18 Machaut and His Material Legacy / Deborah McGrady McGrady, Deborah 361.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004225811

9789004225817

OCLC:

780288726

Publisher Number:

99950729427