The Art of Grafted Song: Citation and Allusion in the Age of Machaut

Fourteenth-century France Witnessed The Emergence Of A New School Of Lyric, As The So-called Formes Fixes Crystallized And The Ars Nova Revolutionised Musical Practice. Charting The Emergence Of This New Lyric Order From Circa 1300 To Circa 1380, 'the Art Of Grafted Song' Demonstrates That, Despite These New Departures, The Long-established Principle Of Borrowing Within French Lyric Continued To Inspire Poets And Composers. Cantilena Entata -- Grafting Song In Paris -- Experimental Song-writing In The Roman De Fauvel -- Performing Nonsense At Court -- Citation And Ritual At The Puys Of Valenciennes And Paris -- Jehan De Le Mote And The Rise Of The Ballade -- Citing The Classics -- Machaut's Heritage -- Self-citation And Lyric Process In La Loange Des Dames -- The Dynamics Of Duplication. Yolanda Plumley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.