Machaut Rondeau 14, “Ma fin est mon commencement“ (crab canon over a palindrome)
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Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 – 1377) - Rondeau 14, “Ma fin est mon commencement“ (“My end is my beginning“)
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Machaut: Dreams In The Pleasure Garden - Chansons
Performed by: Charles Daniels, Angus Smith, & Don Greig
The form of a Rondeau is AB-aA-ab-AB, with letters representing musical content and capitalization representing text content. Where a letter is capitalized, the same text and music as before appear. Where a letter is lowercase, the same music but different text appear. You can see how the form matches the text below.
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