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The majority of the medieval poetry-(sub)genres has already been established in the classical period. The 'mainstream' genres coexisted with the so called hybrid texts, which often united two different subgenres within one song. In this paper I focus on examples of such mutations/ interferences, which combine two specific genres that can be positioned into a different spot within the time/ space-specter, such as an early combination of the domestic Wechsel with a dawn song by Morungen or a later down song/ pastourelle by an anonymous Czech author. In accordance with Eco's theory on open texts and Bachtin's idea of polyphony, the extent to which multivocalism represents an intended strategy of the producer of a lyrical text is to be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]