Bernart Marti was a

troubadour A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...

, composing poems and satires in

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, in the mid-twelfth century. They show that he was influenced by his contemporaries

Marcabru Marcabru (; floruit, fl. 1130–1150) is one of the earliest troubadours whose poems are known. There is no certain information about him; the two ''vida (Occitan literary form), vidas'' attached to his poems tell different stories, and both are e ...

and knew

Peire d'Alvernha Peire d'Alvernhe or d'Alvernha (''Pèire'' in modern Occitan; b. c. 1130) was an Auvergnat troubadour (active 1149–1170) with twenty-oneGaunt and Kay, 287. or twenty-fourEgan, 72.Aubrey, ''The Music of the Troubadours'', 8. surviving works. ...

, who, in one poem, he accused of abandoning holy orders. Along with Peire,

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and

Bernart de Venzac Bernart de Venzac ( fl. 1180–1210) was an obscure troubadour from Venzac near Rodez in the Rouergue. He wrote in the Marcabrunian style, leaving behind five moralising pieces (two '' cansos'' and three '' sirventes'') and one religious ' ...

he is sometimes placed in a hypothetical Marcabrunian school. His work is "enigmatic, ironic, and satiric", but has no following among later troubadours, according to Gaunt and Kay.

Works

Nine or ten of Marti's poems survive; the following have been attributed to him: *''A, senhors, qui so cuges '' *''Amar dei '' *''Belha m'es la flors d'aguilen'' *''Bel m'es lai latz la fontana '' *''Companho, per companhia '' *''D'entier vers far ieu non pes '' *''Farai un vers ab son novelh '' *''Lancan lo douz temps s'esclaire'' *''Quan l'erb'es reverdezida '' *''Qant la pluei'eˑl vens eˑl tempiers''

Bibliography

*Gaunt, Simon, and Kay, Sarah. "Appendix I: Major Troubadours" (pp. 279–291). The Troubadours: An Introduction. Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. . *Beggiato, Fabrizio. ''Il trovatore Bernart Marti''. Modena, 1984.

External links

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