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Raoul De Ferrières
Raoul de Ferrières (''Floruit, fl.'' 1200–10), originally de Ferier, was a Normandy, Norman nobleman and trouvère. He was born in La Ferrière-sur-Risle, Ferrières in what is today the ''département'' of Eure. A total of eleven ''chansons courtoises'' have been attributed to him. In 1209, Raoul was mentioned in a donation to the Abbey of Noé. The most famous of Raoul's songs is unquestionably ''Quant li rossignols jolis'' ("When the pretty nightingales"), which is probably the song Johannes de Grocheo (''c''.1300) describes as a ''cantus coronatus'' (crowned, meaning probably that it had received a prize in a competition). This song is ascribed to the Chastelain de Couci in another manuscript. It was used as a model for the anonymous ''L'autrier m'iere rendormis''. Musically, it starts at the upper octave, flows downwards, and establishes a centre on d. All of Raoul's melodies, including ''Quant li rossignols'', were recorded in bar form, save two readings ''Si sui du to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |