Troubadours

Question 1

Structure of troubadour songs?

Answer 1

Strophic

Question 2

Rhythm and instruments?

Answer 2

Both unclear, fiddles and lutes probably, self accompanied

Question 3

Feature of their poetry?

Answer 3

Focus on rhyme scheme

Question 4

Themes of songs?

Answer 4

Courtly love, laments, politics, courtliness: chivalry, elegance, charm, manners

Question 5

Class of troubadours?

Answer 5

Some aristocracy (e.g Richard I), others jobbing instrumentalist

Question 6

Connection of music and poetry?

Answer 6

Unclear, melodies reused for different poems

Question 7

Who were their audience?

Answer 7

Courtly society

Question 8

When did they flourish?

Answer 8

c.1100

Question 9

Duke William IX of Aquitaine

Answer 9

First known troubadour, wrote crusade songs (terrible military leader), integrated into aristocratic circles

Question 10

Countess de Dia (3) + date

Answer 10

c.1200, poems critique male behaviour, exploits language of oaths and fidelity, trobairitz, rhythmically less strict but still hovering around a single note/mode