Chansons, Odes, et Sonetz de Pierre Ronsard (1576).

Renaissance Quarterly | June 22, 1997| | Copyright

This music collection underscores the popularity of the poetry of Pierre Ronsard among composers of northern Europe during the later sixteenth century. Ronsard himself claimed that his verse, especially the short lyric sonnet, was intended to be set to music. In the preface to this edition, Brooks examines why musicians, French and Franco-Flemish alike, were attracted to Ronsard's poems. She suggests that their rhythmic qualities - the control of rhythmic organization, assonance, repetition, and varied patterns - as well as their colorful metaphors, not unlike those in Italian ...

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