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Troubadours and trouvères
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Troubadours and trouvères · William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers, is the oldest troubadour whose poems have survived; he lived from 1071 to 1126. Troubadours composed and sang in Occitan, the vernacular of southern France, and not in the Latin of the church. Their great theme was courtly love for an unattainable lady. In northern France, the trouvères followed in Old French, and with them the European love song begins.
Listening
Listening tip. In this song by Bernart de Ventadorn, about a lark flying up into the sunlight, hear how every verse is sung to the same melody, so that the text gets all the attention.
Can vei la lauzeta mover (Bernart de Ventadorn) · Stevie Wishart & Sinfonye, 1170
A chantar (Comtessa de Dia) · Clemencic Consort & René Clemencic, 1175
Amour me fait commencer une chanson (Thibaut de Champagne) · Millenarium, 1230
See also
- Guillaume de Machaut
- Stevie Wishart & Sinfonye
- Clemencic Consort & René Clemencic
- Millenarium
- Gregorian chant
- Andalusian music
- British and Irish folk music
- Chanson
- Ars nova
- Norwegian Hardanger fiddle
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