Marcabru
1130–1150) is one of the earliest troubadours whose poems are known. There is no certain information about him; the two vidas attached to his poems tell different stories, and both are evidently built on hints in the poems; not on independent information. • Illustration — A miniature portrait of Marcabru beside his vida in a 13th-century chansonnier. According to the brief life in the BnF ms.
Marcabru
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- Died
- 1150. · Auvillar.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of France.
- Occupation
- troubadour, poet, composer and writer.
- Fields
- Occitan culture.
- Movements
- medieval music.
- Known for
- Lyrical poems.
- Languages
- Old Occitan.
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Born at Gascony in 1200, died in Auvillar in 1150.
The recorded working language is Old Occitan. The field of work recorded is Occitan culture. Works named in the authority record are Lyrical poems.
Marcabru, BnF ms. 12473 fol. 102
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- 1.Nizet. Biographies des troubadours. 1964.
- 2.Halle. Bibliographie des Troubadours (Schriften der Königsberger Gelehrten Gesellschaft: Sonderreihe, 3). 1933.
- 3.https://www.rialto.unina.it/trovatori/marcabru/293-30gaunt-harvey-paterson/
- 4.Hoppin, Richard H. Medieval Music. Norton. 270. 1978. 978-0-393-09090-1.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Marcabru. Liriche. La Finestra editrice. 2018. 978-8895925-86-8.
- Barton, Simon. The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile. Cambridge University Press. 1997. 0-521-49727-2.
- Gaunt, Simon. Troubadours and Irony. Cambridge University Press. 1989. 0-521-35439-0.
- D. S. Brewer. Marcabru: A Critical Edition. 2000.
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- Marc SmithAuthor
- Marc-Adolphe GuéganAuthor
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- Marçal AquinoAuthor
- Marcantonio FlaminioAuthor
- Marcantonio MichielAuthor
- Marcas Mac an TuairneirAuthor
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