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Trouvères and troubadours, a popular treatise

Trouvères and troubadours, a popular treatise

Aubry, Pierre

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral World HistoryMetal

ISBN10: 9353702666
ISBN13: 9789353702663
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Listen to the Middle Ages. In Trouveres and Troubadours, Pierre Aubry brings the lyric voices of 12th century France into sharp focus, tracing how poetry and melody travelled from medieval Occitan courts to northern halls. Written as a clear, popular treatise, it moves briskly through the origins and styles of troubadour lyric poetry and the trouvere song tradition, showing how singers shaped taste, language, and ideals of courtly love literature. You will find close attention to form and performance, and a sure feel for the world that produced medieval secular songs: patrons, audiences, and the craft of making words sing. Part medieval musicology reference, part medieval literature guide, Aubry's historical music treatise remains a touchstone in the history of court music, linking manuscripts, modes, and verse without burying the reader in jargon. Aubry sketches the rise of professional performers, the play of dialects, and the transmission of songs in manuscripts that still underpin modern study. For anyone drawn to early European culture, it reads as both orientation and invitation to listen for rhythm behind the words. Its value is twofold: a vivid introduction for the curious browser, and a steady framework for the classroom, whether used as a student study companion or an academic research handbook. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a handsome addition beside other classics of medieval song.

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