3º E.S.O. MUSIC
1.Secular vocal music: Troubadours, trouveres and minstrels
Secular vocal music was developed at the same time as religious music under the protection of feudal lords.
Troubadours appeared in the south of France in the 11th century and expanded rapidly throughout Europe. Called trouveres in northern France and meistersingers in Germany, they were poet-musicians, generally of noble birth, who converted storytelling into an art, and often entertained huge crowds at fairs, weddings and other medieval celebrations.
Also we find minstrels or jongleurs, who were traveling musicians who went over the castles and villages entertaining people with songs, representations and acrobatics.
Characteristics of the music of troubadours.
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The songs were written in the vernacular languages of each area, whose main subjects were “courtly love” and the knightly spirit of the heroes from crusades.
TROUBADORS S.XII
TROUVERES S.XIII
DISSEMINATION OF THE TROVADORESC MOVEMENT
VERNACULAR LANGUAGES
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It’s a vocal music with monodic texture but with instrumental accompaniment. The instruments double the voices or improvise variants.
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Due to its popular character, its rhythm is more marked.
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Their songs were collected in luxuriously decorated song books. They often included a brief text telling the story of troubadours and exaggerating their virtues.
FAMOUS TROUBADOURS
Richard the Lionheart. Before King of England he was Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers. His mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Leonor of Aquitaine.
Countess and trobairitz Beatriz de Día.