Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: CD.08 Trob / College 5a - Szene	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

The programme presented on this CD raises a fundamental issue concerning the historical transmission of the medieval lyric in Occitan and northern French: the essential role of the jongleurs alongside the troubadours and trouvères (poets). The majority of the songs in this selection are in Occitan, the language of the troubadours. These poets all shared the language and the art that they termed trobar.

The theme of love is central – love betrayed, love that has gone cold, love that drives the lover mad to the point of uttering desperate words and composing unheard-of melodies to express love’s sufferings.

Here are both vocal and instrumental pieces. The texts belong to various genres, and display different styles: four cansos – love songs, written in a clear style, easy to follow; a sestina – a love song with a complex form; a tenso – a debate, or poem in dialogue; two descorts – a discordant genre, from the linguistic, metrical and musical points of view; and a chanson de mal-mariée – a more popular theme.

Brigitte Lesne : chant, harpe-psaltérion

Pierre Hamon : flûtes - cornemuse

Vivabiancaluna Biffi : chant - vièle à archet

Carlo Rizzo : percussions