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The first notable difference between the music of the Troubadours and that of the Trouvéres is the language in which they are written and performed. Troubadours came from the south of France, therefore writing their poetry in Provençal (langue d’oc, Occitan), whilst trouvéres wrote theirs in Old French (langue d’oil) as they came from the north.
The earliest surviving works of the troubadour can be dated back to the early twelfth century (1120 approximately), and as the troubadour can be dated to this period it would be easy to assume that the trouvéres – whose earliest work is dated in the mid twelfth century (from the second crusade, 1146-47) – was derived completely from this.
It is true that both are, in the majority, courtly poetry celebrating love in a refined mode of expression, and that the trouvéres would quote highly esteemed models of troubadour work within their own, but the trouvéres also looked to popular music of the time to create it’s poetry and forms.
“The music of the troubadour was … an exclusively lyrical art, with the style ranging from elaborate solo songs to boisterous choral dances”¹.
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