MUSIC 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Adam De La Halle, Trobar Clus, Trobar Leu
27 Sep 2016
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2: secular and cathedral music in the high. The earliest secular repertories not in latin of which we have direct knowledge consist of songs (chansons) by knightly poets. Troubadours- singers who sang and/or made love songs for the court. Sung in old provincial: trouveres- northern france, sung in old french. Started composing a little later than troubadour: don"t have refrains. Love songs emphasized service and the idolization of a beloved lady: courtly love was generally hopeless because the lady outranked her admirer, alba- dawn song". Minnesingers- singers of courtly love in germany. Pastorela- genre in which a knight seduces (or tries to seduce) a shepherdess. Marcabru- an early troubadour who served in his youth at the court of. Joglars- traveling entertainers of the lower caste. Compose by poet--- teach to misntrel--- possibility of transcription. Vida- a fanciful portrait and biographies of the poets.
