Machaut Rondeau 14, “Ma fin est mon commencement“ (crab canon over a palindrome)

For more information, visit #!theneglectedcomposer/tmqmf (see August 2016) Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 – 1377) - Rondeau 14, “Ma fin est mon commencement“ (“My end is my beginning“) Transcription and animation by Jordan Alexander Key website: transcription: Performance found on 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. The musical content of this Rondeau is particularly interesting an