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Chanson
Aug 10, 2010 14:30:54 GMT -5
Post by Sharon on Aug 10, 2010 14:30:54 GMT -5
French art song (narrative poems in French) of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The chanson before 1500 is preserved mostly in large manuscript collections called chansonniers. Varying in length from 1,000 to 20,000 lines. The origin of the form is disputed, but probably the first chansons were composed after the year 1000 by the joint efforts of wandering clerks and jongleurs (itinerant minstrels) to attract pilgrims to shrines where heroes of the chansons were supposedly buried. Sung by jongleurs to the accompaniment of a primitive viol, they spread to England, Germany, Italy, and Iceland. The earlier chansons—epic, aristocratic, and militantly Christian—passed as real history to their medieval listeners, though much of the material was legendary. Fascinating I think. I do not remember ever hearing of Chansons but perhaps these were never covered in the our literature classes at school but you would think as Canada is supposedly bi-lingual (English & French) that it would have. Never to late to learn! Sharon Attachments:
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Chanson
Nov 16, 2019 8:22:22 GMT -5
Post by eguluwn on Nov 16, 2019 8:22:22 GMT -5
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