Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-304) and index.
Contents
Part I : A material history of the chanson. Introduction : Livres de chansons ; Feuilles volantes, distribution and sales ; Early collectors and modern libraries -- Part II : Learning to read. Literacy and song ; Latin primers ; Civilities and chansons ; A new generation of musical civilities : the Quatrains de Pibrac -- Postscript : Cultures of music.