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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGrady, Deborah L., 1967-

Bain, Jennifer.

Series:

Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition 33.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Guillaume.

French poetry--To 1500--History and criticism.

French poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering the first comprehensive study of Guillaume de Machaut’s vast corpus of text and music, the 18 essays in this collection explore the author’s engagement with the ethical, political, and aesthetic concerns of his time. Building on interdisciplinary interest in Machaut, this collection broadens discussion of his work by exploring overlapping interests in his poetry and music; addressing lesser-studied writings; offering fresh perspectives on lyric, authorial voice, and performance; and engaging more critically with his reception by medieval bookmakers, modern editors, and the music industry. The result is a promising map for future research in the field that will be of interest to students and specialists alike.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Deborah McGrady

1. The Poetic I / Helen J. Swift

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

3. Poet as Musician / Elizabeth Eva Leach

4. “Ma fin est mon commencement”: The Essence of Poetry and Song in Guillaume de Machaut / Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet

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

6. Machaut and Debate Poetry / Emma Cayley

7. Moving across Media: Machaut’s Lais and the Judgement Tradition / Benjamin Albritton

8. Machaut’s Musical Heritage / Mark Everist

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

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

11. Declamation as Expression in Machaut’s Music / Lawrence Earp

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

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

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

15. Instrumental Comparisons: Machaut’s Shorter Dits / Julie Singer

16. Guillaume de Machaut’s Lyric Poetry / Barbara K. Altmann

17. Performing Machaut’s Messe de Notre Dame: From Modernist Allegiances to the Postmodern Hinterland / Kirsten Yri

18. Machaut and His Material Legacy / Deborah McGrady

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-60212-1

9786613914576

90-04-22819-5

OCLC:

811505287

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004228191 DOI