Poetry and Music in Medieval France: From Jean Renart to Guillaume de Machaut (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521622196)

Ardis Butterfield examines the relationship between the poetry and music of medieval France. Beginning when French song was first set into writing in the early thirteenth century, Butterfield describes the wide range of contexts in which secular songs were quoted and copied. Including narrative romances, satires and love poems, the book reveals the development of French song and narrative genres during a significant period of history.

Author: Ardis Butterfield
ISBN-10: 0521622190
ISBN-13: 9780521622196
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2003
Pages: 398
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d