Patterns in Play: A Model for Text Setting in the Early French Songs of Guillaume Dufay

The relationship between text and music is a central issue in fifteenth-century music studies. Decades of research and performance have failed to provide clear answers to the most basic questions, such as which notes go with which syllables and why. Patterns in Play focuses on the early French songs of Guillaume Dufay and proposes a basis for determining some rules of common procedure for interpreting both underlay and style.
 
Graeme M. Boone examines questions of rhythm and dec…