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

• Superior document: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 33
• TeilnehmendeR: McGrady, Deborah L., 1967-; Bain, Jennifer.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition 33.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction /; 1. The Poetic I /; 2. Guillaume de Machaut and the Forms of Pre-Humanism in Fourteenth-Century France /; 3. Poet as Musician /; 4. “Ma fin est mon commencement”: The Essence of Poetry and Song in Guillaume de Machaut /; 5. ‘. . . et mon commencement ma fin’: Genre and Machaut’s Musical Language in His Secular Songs /; 6. Machaut and Debate Poetry /; 7. Moving across Media: Machaut’s Lais and the Judgement Tradition /; 8. Machaut’s Musical Heritage /; 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) /; 10. The Motets Read and Heard /; 11. Declamation as Expression in Machaut’s Music /; 12. Guillaume de Machaut and the Classical Tradition: Individual Talent and (Un)Communal Tradition /; 13. ‘Laissier le mal, le bien eslire’: History, Allegory, and Ethical Reading in the Works of Guillaume de Machaut /; 14. History’s Fixers: Informants, Mediators, and Writers in the Prise d’Alexandre /; 15. Instrumental Comparisons: Machaut’s Shorter Dits /; 16. Guillaume de Machaut’s Lyric Poetry /; 17. Performing Machaut’s Messe de Notre Dame: From Modernist Allegiances to the Postmodern Hinterland /; 18. Machaut and His Material Legacy /; Bibliography --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-405) and index.
• ISBN: 1283602121; 9786613914576; 9004228195
• ISSN: 1871-6377
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Deborah McGrady and Jennifer Bain.

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.