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Sirvente
Sirvente Sir`vente", n. [F. sirvente, fr. Pr. sirventes,
sirventesc, originally, the poem of, or concerning, a
sirvent, fr. sirvent, properly, serving, n., one who serves
(e. g., as a soldier), fr. servir to serve, L. servire.]
A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to
moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often
used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.
Meaning of Sirventes from wikipedia
- The
sirventes or
serventes (Old Occitan: [
siɾvenˈtes]),
sometimes translated as "service song", was a
genre of Old
Occitan lyric poetry practiced by the...
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these genres were
highly fluid. A
cross between a
sirventes and a
canso was a meg-
sirventes (half-
sirventes). A
tenso could be "invented" by a
single poet;...
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means "tailor". Two
sirventes have been
attributed to him, both
reflect opposition to the
royal crusade in Occitania: "Vil
sirventes leugier e ven****al"...
- his vida
speaks of "good
sirventes" to
reproach ladies for bad
behaviour and
sirventes attacking Bertran, only one
sirventes by
Peire survives: Quan lo...
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composed love
songs (cansos) but was
better known for his
political songs (
sirventes). He was
involved in
revolts against Richard I and then
Phillip II. He...
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writing and music, and two
poems are
attributed to him. The
first one is a
sirventes in Old French,
Dalfin je us
voill desrenier, and the
second one is a lament...
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Bernard III of Foix, and
Peter III of
Aragon composed a
cycle of four
sirventes in the
summer of 1285
concerning the
Aragonese Crusade. The
Matter of...
- work
consists of
fourteen or
fifteen pieces:
seven sirventes (two
religious and two
canso sirventes as well as one
Crusade song),
three tensos (each two...
- to
seize the
Kingdom of Majorca,
which he claimed.
Guillem wrote his
sirventes before actual fighting had begun. His
company was
active in the area around...
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Reverdie Rondeau Rondel Rondelet Salut d'amor
Sestina Sicilian octave Sirventes Tagelied Tenso Tornada Torneyamen Traethodl Triolet Trobar clus Trobar...
