Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras | |
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.jpg) Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, from a collection of troubadour songs, BNF Richelieu Manuscrits Français 854, Bibliothèque Nationale Française, Paris. | |
| Born | c. 1180 |
| Died | 4 September 1207 |
| Nationality | Provence |
| Occupation(s) | Troubadour and, later in his life, knight |
| Notable work | Eras quan vey verdeyar |
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras or Vaqueyras (
Vaqueiras was from
The only critical edition of Vaqueiras attributes 33 extant songs to him; only eight of the associate melodies have survived. He used a wide range of styles, including a
Vaqueiras in fiction
In 1922, Vaqueiras was the subject of a verse drama by Nino Berrini, Rambaldo di Vaqueiras: I Monferrato. Strongly derivative of
Vaqueiras and the song "Kalenda Maya" are referenced disparagingly by the protagonist-narrator in Nicole Galland's novel Crossed: A Tale of the Fourth Crusade.
A similar fictionalised account of a courtly love relationship between Vaqueiras and Beatrice del Carretto (subject of Vaqueiras's early songs, daughter of
Notes
- ^ Amelia E. Van Vleck, The Lyric Texts p. 33, in Handbook of the Troubadours (1995), edited by F. R. P. Akehurst and Judith M. Davis.
External links
Bibliography
- The poems of the troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras ed. and tr. Joseph Linskill. The Hague: Mouton, 1964.
