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Guiraut Riquier de Narbona (c. 1230 in Narbonne – 1292 in Narbonne or Rodez) is among the last of the Occitan troubadours.[1] He is well known because of his great care in writing out his works and keeping them together—the New Grove Encyclopedia considers him an "anthologist" of his own works.
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He served under Aimery IV, Viscount of Narbonne,[2] as well as Alfonso el Sabio, King of Castile. He is also believed to have worked under Henry II, Count of Rodez. He composed a partimen with the Jewish troubadour Bonfilh. He invented the genre of the serena (evening song).
Works
edit- Guiraut Riquier: Humils, forfaitz, repres e penedens... in Dietmar Rieger, ed. & transl., Mittelalterliche Lyrik Frankreichs 1. Lieder der Trobadors. Zweisprachig Provençalisch – Deutsch. Reclams Universal-Bibliothek No. 7620, Stuttgart 1980 (Guiraut: p. 288 – 233, commentary from Rieger 314–316, Literature) ISBN 3-15-007620-X In German and Occitan
Notes
edit- ^ 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").
- ^ Elizabeth Aubrey, The Music of the Troubadours, (Indiana University Press, 1996), 24.
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