String Trio Cello,Viola - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1254496 Composed by Guillaume de Machaut, 1300-1377. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Chamber,Contest,Early Music,Festival,Historic,Traditional. 6 pages. Jmsgu3 #848078. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.1254496). Ma fin est mon commencement is a rondeau composed by Guillaume de Machaut, a prominent composer and poet of the Medieval period. The poem's translated text reads My end is my beginning, and my beginning my end. The piece is notable for its musical complexity, with the second voice part being the reverse of the first part, and the third being a palindrome. The reversed text and voice names might symbolize a look in a mirror that reflects a favorite image of Machaut. The piece is set in three voices and follows the typical form of a 14th-century rondeau, ABaAabAB. The significance of the piece lies in its spiritual meaning, which expresses a truth about life in this world as well as in the next, with death being a gateway to life.
