Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Sigla and Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Rational Song 11
7. 2. Birdsong and Human Singing 55
8. 3. Birds Sung 108
9. 4. Silent Birds: The Musical Chase and Gace de la Buigne's. Le Roman des Deduis 175
10. 5. Feminine Birds and Immoral Song 238
11. 6. Bird Debates Replayed 274
12. Appendix 1.1. Two Principal Voices in Grammar and Music 297
13. Appendix 1.2. Four Species and Two Principal Voices in Grammar and Music Superimposed 299
14. Appendix 2. Aegidus and Pliny on the Nightingale Compared 301
15. Appendix 3. 1. The Birdsong Pieces and Their Sources 302
16. Appendix 3.2. A Note on the Music Examples 307
17. Appendix 4. Love of Birds using musical authorities 311
18. Appendix 5. Arnulf's Borrowings from Alan of Lille, De planctu Naturae 314
19. Bibliography 315
20. Index 335