The Troubadours A History of Provenal Life and Literature in the Middle Ages [Paperback]

An informative English-language study of the history of medieval Proven?al life and literature, offering insights into European musical culture.Francis Hueffer (184589), music critic of The Times and an early advocate and interpreter to the British of Wagner, had an abiding interest in Proven?al studies. He intended this work, first published in 1878, to be an approachable, English-language study of the region's medieval literary and musical culture.Francis Hueffer (184589), music critic of The Times and an early advocate and interpreter to the British of Wagner, had an abiding interest in Proven?al studies. He intended this work, first published in 1878, to be an approachable, English-language study of the region's medieval literary and musical culture.Born in Germany, where he studied music and philology, Francis Hueffer (184589) moved to London in 1869 to pursue a career as a critic and writer on music. He edited a series of biographies of notable musicians, served as music critic for The Times, contributed articles to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and was an early advocate and interpreter to the British of Wagner. In 1872 he married Catherine, the younger daughter of the painter Ford Madox Brown. Their son was the writer Ford Maddox Ford. Proven?al studies were an abiding interest of Hueffer's and he intended this work, first published in 1878, to be an approachable English-language study of medieval Proven?al literary and musical culture. It won him membership of the F?librige, the association of Proven?al writers, and he gave lectures on the topic at the Royal Institution in 1880.Preface; Part I. General: 1. The langue d'Oc; 2. Early popular epics; 3. The artistic epic; 4. Other narrative and didactic poems; 5. Apocrypha; 6. Social position of Proven?al poets; 7. The joglar; 8. Traces of popular song - the pastorella; 9. Other popular forms; 10. The balada; 11. Artificial forms of poetry; 12. The tenso; 13. The sirventes; 14. The canzo; Part IIl