Peire d'Ussel or d'Uisel (''Pèire d'Ussèl'' in modern

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; fl. c. 1200) was a

Limousin Limousin (; oc, Lemosin ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienn ...

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 ...

, the middle of three brothers,

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s of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of

Ventadorn Moustier-Ventadour (; oc, Mostier de Ventadorn) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Geography The Luzège forms most of the commune's eastern boundary. Population Personalities * Bernart de Ventadorn, medieval tro ...

. His elder brother was Eble and his younger

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, and he also had a cousin named

Elias Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...

; all four were troubadours. According to Gui's ''

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'', Peire

descant A descant, discant, or is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (''cantus'') above or removed from others. The Harvard Dictionary of Music states: A descant is a ...

ed his relatives’ songs.''The Vidas of the Troubadours'', ed. and trans. Margarita Egan (New York: Garland, 1984), p. 44. . This should not be understood to imply that Peire was only a musician.Perrin, Robert H
"Descant and Troubadour Melodies: A Problem in Terms."
''Journal of the American Musicological Society'', 16:3, (Autumn, 1963), pp. 313–324. One ''

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'' addressed to Gui exists under his name. The complete works of the four relations of Ussel, including Eble, were first compiled in one volume by J. Audiau as ''Les poésies des quatre troubadours d'Ussel'' (Paris, Delagrave, 1922). They are all available online a
trobar.org

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12th-century French troubadours Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown People from Limousin {{France-musician-stub