Guiraut Riquier de Narbona ( 1230 in
Narbonne
Narbonne (, also , ; oc, Narbona ; la, Narbo ; Late Latin:) is a commune in France, commune in Southern France in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region. It lies from Paris in the Aude Departments of Franc ...
– 1292 in Narbonne or
Rodez
Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the ...
) is among the last of the Occitan
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 ...
s. He is well known because of his great care in writing out his works and keeping them together—the
New Grove Encyclopedia
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considers him an "anthologist" of his own works.
He served under
Aimery IV,
Viscount of Narbonne The viscount of Narbonne was the secular ruler of Narbonne in the Middle Ages. Narbonne had been the capital of the Visigoth province of Septimania, until the 8th century, after which it became the Carolingian Viscounty of Narbonne. Narbonne was n ...
,
[Elizabeth Aubrey, ''The Music of the Troubadours'', (Indiana University Press, 1996), 24.] as well as
Alfonso el Sabio,
King of Castile
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Jiménez dynasty
House of Ivrea
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. He is also believed to have worked under
Henry II,
Count of Rodez
The County of Rodez was a fief of the County of Toulouse formed out of part of the old County of Rouergue in what is today Aveyron, France. Its capital was Rodez. At its height, it was a centre of troubadour culture.
On the death of Hugh of Ro ...
. He composed a ''
partimen
The ''partimen'' (; ca, partiment ; also known as ''partia'' or ''joc partit'') is a cognate form of the French jeu-parti (plural ''jeux-partis''). It is a genre of Occitan lyric poetry composed between two troubadours, a subgenre of the ''tenso'' ...
'' with the Jewish troubadour
Bonfilh
Bonfilh's stanzas (2, 6 and 8)
Guiraut, I sing to make my heart rejoice
And for love of one who keeps me happy,
And because I like honor and joy and youth;
But I'd never sing only for money,
Nor do I seek it; I'd rather give it to you,
For I give ...
. He invented the genre of the ''
serena'' (evening song).
Works
*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) In German and Occitan
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13th-century French troubadours
1230s births
1292 deaths
People from Narbonne