People from different times and cultures have fallen in love, but during the Medieval era love has been documented and passed on from generations to generations through music, arts, poetry, etc. From the late 11th to the late 13th century, the concept of love was new and became a popular topic of poetry and music. The troubadours were the inventors of the courtly love (or fin ‘amor in Occitan) which is an art of conversation and composing lyrical poetry and music. Troubadour lyric plays with orality: lyrics are perforce oral, sung and heard, rather than written and read. Troubadours were mostly employed to entertain at court by the aristocrats and wealthy patrons. They often are given pleasures and privileges by the wealthiest patrons in the society.
…show more content…
In addition to performing for their patrons, the troubadours also competed in competitions which became popular until the late 12th century. Troubadour songs are usually monophonic (consisting solely of unharmonized melody) and comprise a major extant body of medieval secular music. Somewhat fewer than 300 melodies survive. Some of the melodies were composed by the poets themselves. Many of the melodies, however, were not by the poet. For example, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras wrote his famous poem “Kalenda Maya” to a dance tune played by some vielle(fiddle) players at Montferrat (now Monferrato, Italy). Several troubadour melodies are slightly different in form from the poem to which they are attached, and it must be assumed that these were originally composed for another poem, perhaps in another language. Conversely, many troubadour melodies were appropriated from songs in French and
In addition to performing for their patrons, the troubadours also competed in competitions which became popular until the late 12th century. Troubadour songs are usually monophonic (consisting solely of unharmonized melody) and comprise a major extant body of medieval secular music. Somewhat fewer than 300 melodies survive. Some of the melodies were composed by the poets themselves. Many of the melodies, however, were not by the poet. For example, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras wrote his famous poem “Kalenda Maya” to a dance tune played by some vielle(fiddle) players at Montferrat (now Monferrato, Italy). Several troubadour melodies are slightly different in form from the poem to which they are attached, and it must be assumed that these were originally composed for another poem, perhaps in another language. Conversely, many troubadour melodies were appropriated from songs in French and