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2 Music at Court

2 Music at Court. 2 Music at Court. Change of Context in Western Music History: Church– Court– Concert Hall/Opera– Mass Medium– Personal Medium. Courtly love (Amour courtois). a late medieval conventionalized code prescribing conduct and emotions of ladies and their lovers

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2 Music at Court

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  1. 2 Music at Court

  2. 2 Music at Court Change of Context in Western Music History: Church– Court– Concert Hall/Opera– Mass Medium– Personal Medium

  3. Courtly love (Amour courtois) • a late medieval conventionalized code prescribing conduct and emotions of ladies and their lovers • marriage at that time being usually the result of business interest or the seal of a power alliance, but the courtly lover saw himself as serving the all-powerful god of love and worshipping his lady-saint.

  4. Troubadour and Trouvère Songs

  5. Secular Monophony, 12th-13th c. • Troubadours and Trouvères • from Latin tropare, “to find, to invent” • Troubadours • Southern France, northern Spain, and northern Italy • e.g. Bernart de Ventadorn, Richard I of England • Trouvères • Northern France • Minnesingers • from minne, “courtly love” • Germanic lands

  6. Bingen

  7. Richard I of England (1157–99) • by name the Lion-Heart (Coeur de Lion) • his knightly manner and his prowess in the 3rd Crusade (1189-92) made him popular (once captured in Vienna!) • the hero of countless romantic legends and a troubadour of considerable artistry

  8. Jongleurs • itinerant medieval entertainer • proficient in juggling, acrobatics, music (especially instruments), and recitation • performed in marketplaces on public holidays, in abbeys, and in castles of nobles, who sometimes retained them in permanent employment.

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