Il ruolo del ritmo nella monodia medievale : Il caso di Fortz cauza es

Based on the study of Fortz cauza es (BdT 167.22) and the contrafactum E serventois arriere (RS 381), this article reconsiders the role of music in relation to the prosody of the text. Musical rhythm is looked at as the overarching metrical component of the verse so as to preserve melodic accents at once with the correct distribution of the accents in the text. The study takes into account performance practice (both ancient and modern), distinguishes between oral and written transmissions, and proposes editing solutions that involve the music.