Articles by tag "Monophony"

Espérance, or: New Insights into the Origins of the Chansonnier de Bayeux

This essay tries to shed new light on the origins and the early cultural milieu of the Manuscrit de Bayeux (ParisBNF 9346), one of two monophonic chansonniers compiled around 1500. It begins with a careful assessment of new or newly appraised documentary and codicological evidence and a discussion of critical...
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