Guiraut Riquier

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Song of Riquier in a 13th-century chansonnier.

Guiraut Riquier de Narbona (c. 1230 in

New Grove Encyclopedia
considers him an "anthologist" of his own works.

He served under

Count of Rodez. He composed a partimen with the Jewish troubadour Bonfilh. He invented the genre of the serena
(evening song).

Works

Notes

  1. ^ Joseph Anglade, Grammaire de l'ancien provençal ou ancienne langue d'oc, 1921, Part I, Chapter 1, p. 31: [...] même le dernier troubadour, Guiraut Riquier, mort dans les dernières années du XIIIe siècle [...] ("even the last troubadour, Guiraut Riquier, who died in the final years of the 13th century").
  2. ^ Elizabeth Aubrey, The Music of the Troubadours, (Indiana University Press, 1996), 24.