The full title of this disc, Richard Coeur de Lion: Troubadours and Trouvères at the courts of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, Marie de Champagne and Geoffrey of Brittany (12th century), gives an idea of just how diverse and dispersed the sources of this music were, and the variety is reflected in the musical styles. The trouvères, based in the north of what is now France, spoke langue d'oïl, (Old French), and their melodies tended to be melismatic and freely invented. The troubadours, from the south, spoke ...
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The full title of this disc, Richard Coeur de Lion: Troubadours and Trouvères at the courts of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, Marie de Champagne and Geoffrey of Brittany (12th century), gives an idea of just how diverse and dispersed the sources of this music were, and the variety is reflected in the musical styles. The trouvères, based in the north of what is now France, spoke langue d'oïl, (Old French), and their melodies tended to be melismatic and freely invented. The troubadours, from the south, spoke langue d'oc, and their music was simpler, with more use of repeated refrains. What united them was the predominant theme of their poetry, the chivalrous but unattainable quest for courtly love. (Richard the Lionheart, though King of England, spent most of his life in Aquitaine, in southwest France, where his court was a gathering place for musicians.) The CD includes music by some of the most famous troubadours, such as Bernart de Ventadorn, and trouvères like Gace Brulé, as well as...
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Add this copy of Richard Coeur De Lion (Richard the Lionheart): to cart. $14.21, fair condition, Sold by Goodwill of Colorado rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Opus 111.
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