MUS 2331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Adam De La Halle, Jehan Bretel, Richard I Of England
18 Nov 2013
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Secular and cathedral music in the high middle ages. Troubadours: there were simple structure castles; the rule was an aristocrat, not a noble. These aristocrats were called the troubadours; they had to be poets and musicians to rule the castle. The music suggests what the content of the poetry is. The earliest secular repertories come from knightly poets. The first written-down knightly songs originated in aquitaine, in european vernacular (local language spoken) William (guillaume) ix was the first vernacular poet whose work has come down to us. The language william ix used was provencal. In provencal poetry was called trobar , meaning words found , a poet was called a trobador, a finder of words. Troubadours wrote about their lives, their social and amorous relations, which were ceremonial, idealized, and ritualized to a point approaching the sacred. Many songs dealt with feudal service that reflected the hierarchical structure of lords and vassals.
