Troubadour
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| - | The impious peacelover, the troubadour, who crafted out of the European vernacular its first great literary themes. Their courtly romances and ''[[chanson de geste]]'' amused and entertained the [[upper class]]es who were their [[patron]]s. | + | The impious peacelover, the troubadour, who crafted out of the European [[vernacular]] its first great literary themes. Their courtly romances and ''[[chanson de geste]]'' amused and entertained the [[upper class]]es who were their [[patron]]s. |
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A troubadour was a composer and performer of songs during the High Middle Ages in Europe. The tradition began to flourish during the 11th century.The style flourished in the 11th century and was often imitated in the 13th. Many troubadours traveled for great distances, aiding in the transmission of trade and news.
The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry, platonic and courtly love. Many songs addressed a married lover, perhaps due to the prevalence of arranged marriages at the time. The aubade formed a popular genre.
Although not a troubadour himself, Petrarch's Canzoniere to Laura de Noves are an early example.
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Mediaeval poetry
The impious peacelover, the troubadour, who crafted out of the European vernacular its first great literary themes. Their courtly romances and chanson de geste amused and entertained the upper classes who were their patrons.
Mediaeval music
Alongside these schools of sacred music a vibrant tradition of secular song developed, as exemplified in the music of the troubadours, trouvères and Minnesänger. Much of the later secular music of the early Renaissance evolved from the forms, ideas, and the musical aesthetic of the troubadours, courtly poets and itinerant musicians, whose culture was largely exterminated during the Albigensian Crusade in the early 13th century.
Similar art forms and artists
A complementary role was filled at the same period by performers known as joglares in Occitan, jongleurs in French (minstrels in English). Jongleurs are often addressed in troubadour lyrics. Their profession was that of popular entertainer; as such jongleurs sometimes performed troubadour compositions but more often other genres, notably chansons de geste (epic narratives).
The German Minnesingers are closely related to, and inspired by, troubadours, but have distinctive features of their own.
See also
- Minstrel
- Medieval music
- Trouvère (troubadour from the North of France)
