Guillaume de Machaut, between lutes and books

An important figure in medieval music, Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) composed his work during a pivotal period in the history of the arts: lyric poetry, until then necessarily linked to music, began a divorce process with music that would lead to the respective independence of poetry, fixed in books and henceforth dedicated to the spoken word, and sung vocal music, performed at court or in church...