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Encyclopedia > Trouvère

Trouvère is the Northern French (langue d'oïl) version of troubador (langue d'oc), and refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the troubadors but who composed their works in the northern dialects of France. The first known trouvère was Chrétien de Troyes (fl. 1160s-80s) (Butterfield, 1997). The langue doïl language family in linguistics comprises Romance languages originating in territories now occupied by northern France, part of Belgium and the Channel Islands. ... For the article about the night club in West Hollywood, California, see: Troubadour (nightclub). ... OC redirects here. ... There are a number of languages of France, although the French language is by far the most widely spoken and the only official language of the country. ... Chrétien de Troyes wrote in Champagne, France, during the last half of the twelfth century. ...


See also

Chanson de geste - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Minnesang was the tradition of lyric and song writing in Germany which flourished in the 12th century and continued into the 14th century. ...

Source

  • Ardis Butterfield (1997). "Monophonic song: questions of category", Companion to Medieval & Renaissance Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198165404.


 

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