From Vocal Poetry to Song : Towards a Theory of Song Objects.

Intro
 Table of Contents
 Foreword
 Note to the reader
 Introduction
 Theoretical approaches
 Conceptual movement ... opera in movimento
 Denominative neology
 Learned and popular debate on the standards for the song
 Use of empirical vocabulary
 Chapter 1 Vocal poetry in mountains and dales
 Historical approaches
 Subject of polysemiotic study
 Historical vision
 Performance
 Theme and style
 Creative process
 Song in a literary text
 Status of text and status of music
 Chapter 2 Parallel linearities: Poetry and music
 Chapter 3 Componential mutations of the song object. Determining the nature of song objectVariation and hybridity
 Folklorisation process: Notes for some concepts
 Neology, definition of song vocabulary and examples of song objectsâ#x80
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 Internal hybrid song
 External hybrid song
 External variation in textual components of a signed song
 External variation in musical components of a signed song
 Polymorphous song
 Signed folklorised song
 Oralised signed song
 Hybrid signed song
 Literalised traditional song
 Chapter 4 Popular song and its â#x80
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 When popular renders the meaning of the song. Description in the Trésor de la langue franÃaiseSong of the street, street song
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 song and Romanticism
 Discarding the concept of /coming from the people/
 Popular music and popular song
 Chapter 5 Moral and aesthetic divisions
 Distinction between music and text of lyrical poetry
 Good song and exacting song
 Paradoxical status of the song
 Conclusion
 Glossary
 Bibliography
 Index of names
 Index of notions.