Gautier de Dargies
Illustration — Gautier in the Chansonnier d'Arras Gautier de Dargies (ca. 1170 – ca. 1240) was a trouvère from Dargies.
Gautier de Dargies

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Illustration — Gautier in the Chansonnier d'Arras Gautier de Dargies (ca. 1170 – ca. 1240) was a trouvère from Dargies.
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Born in 1165, died in 1236.
Gautier de Dargies (1165–1236) was a composer.
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- 1.Common circa dates for his birth are 1165 and 1170. He died in or after 1236.
- 2.The two without music are En grant aventure ai mise and Au commencier du douz tens qui repere (O'Neill, 93 n2).
- 3.The three dubious chansons are Se j'ai esté, Au tens gent que reverdoie, and Quant il ne pert fueille ne flours (Mary O'Neill [2006], Courtly Love Songs of Medieval France: Transmission and Style in the Trouvère Repertoire [Oxford: Oxford University Press], 93 n3).
- 4.His jeu parti with Richard de Fournival, Amis Richart, j'eüsse bien mesiter, has no surviving melody (O'Neill, 93 n5).
- 5.The Dargies family had a history of Crusading; relatives had participated in the First Crusade, see Theodore Karp, "Gautier de Dargies", Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online (accessed 19 July 2008).
- 6.See Karp.
- 7.Ainc mais ne fis chançon and Desque ci ai tous jours chanté are dedicated to Brulé, who is also mentioned in Or chant novel.
- 8.John Stevens et al., "Troubadours, Trouvères", Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online (accessed 3 June 2010).
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