Description: Guillaume de Machaut was the foremost poet-composer of his time. Studies look at all aspects of his prodigious output.
Brief description: ELIZABETH EVA LEACH is Professor of Music at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. Her work focuses on song in the medieval West in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Review Quotes: Each essay provides a valuable contribution to Machaut scholarship.. A carefully planned collection of essays that serves as a welcome contribution to the current musicological literature.-- "MUSIC RESEARCH FORUM"