Alden, Jane - Songs, Scribes, and Society

Songs, Scribes, and Society explores the cultural and musical importance of five 15th-century Chansonniers - personalized, portable, and lavishly decorated songbooks - from the Loire Valley of France. Author Jane Alden treats the Chansonniers as physical artifacts to reveal their cultural context and its relationship to their commission, creation, and use.

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CONTENTS

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
List of Musical Examples
Source abbreviations and manuscript sigla
A Note on the Companion Website
Introduction
1. Discovering Chansonniers
2. The Material Objects
3. Chronology and Dating Revisited
4. The Makers of the Loire Valley Chansonniers
5. Owners, Readers, and Bookish Culture
Envoi
Bibliography

Series	The New Cultural History of Music