Music 1711F/G Lecture Notes - Occitan Language, Jongleurs, Courtly Love
Document Summary
Words and music not separate: song is the whole. Tradition of performance more important than a single authority. Songs may have also have been accompanied. Not a lot of evidence we never see accompaniment just the melody line, but there could have been accompaniment, drones. Kinds of secular song: latin song (not religious) Sources are often associated with universities or abbeys. Topics: love (erotic and sacred), gambling, drinking. 13th century manuscript from a benedictine abbey in bavaria. Contains 200 poems/songs about love, drinking, gambling. Written by monks/educated layment fluent on latin. Carl orff"s 1937 setting by the same name sets 25 of these poems. Named after goliath (bible), known for excessive drinking and carelessness. Made up of wandering minstrels, partially educated in monasteries (eg. drop-out monks) Jongleurs - less educated than the goliards. Known for entertainment (singing, acrobatics, and juggling for which they are named): vernacular song: the language spoken in the court that is not latin.