ABSTRACT
Sometime before ca. 1436, the composer Pierre Fontaine, chaplain at the court of Burgundy and the SainteChapelle in Bourges, penned the plaintive rondeau Mon cuer pleure. Stock poetic images of crying hearts concealed by laughing eyes, dolorous martyrdom, and frequent sighs perfectly capture the dramatic posture of the courtly lover suffering silent anguish for want of his favorite lady’s favors.2
