Musicology Annotation << Back The Meaning and Genesis of Frottola Term Elena V. Pankina The article is dedicated to the issue of the musicological reception of the literature and musical genre-compositional frottola meaning, as a rule, being identifi ed with the culture of the Italian polyphonic song of the end of the XV – the fi rst third of the XVI centuries. On the basis of the song collections, document and literature texts the author demonstrates a breadth of usage of the frottola term in relation to the certain compositional models as well as the sphere of poesia popolaresca that stipulate the double interpretation of this genre term in the modern researches. There is a development of the paroemia frottola of the XIV century formed in the creative work of comic poets into the lyrical polyphonic song in the result of combination of the music practice of north Italian cantore al liuto and the genre and compositional model of the French chanson. Keywords: polyphonic song, frottola, barzelletta, poesia popolaresca, Ottaviano Petrucci. Contacts: E-mail: 2mikep@mail.ru Pp. 03-09.