Provencal troubadours: origins, expressive features of poetic and musical language

Abstract

The work of the Provencal troubadours, which originated in the south of France, together with their followers – the North French Trouveurs and the German Minnesing-ers, covers the XI–XIV centuries. With sufficient study of this topic in scientific – foreign and domestic – literature, some controversial issues remain, in particular, concerning the origins of the work of the Provencal troubadours, which is understandable, since over time finds are dis-covered that were previously hidden in archival materials and other sources. In particular, this concerns the primacy of the fundamentals of the technique of the Provencal troubadours, who gave rise to Andalusian strophic poetry. The purpose of this article assumes an emphasis on the consideration of the structural features of the word-making of the Provencal troubadours, due to their aesthetic basis. In this regard, the task is to attract literary research, historical sources that help to present the activities of the troubadours in the context of time. From the analysis of the few extant fixed musical sources, conclusions are drawn about the patterns of musical language. The work also makes isolated references to the works of Trouver and Minnesinger. Constructive ingenuity in the work of the troubadours turns out to be consonant with the poetic and musical technique of the art of the twentieth century.