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3 unusual facts about troubadour


Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson

He arrived in Victoria on 10 August 1851 abord the Troubadour, attracted to the gold diggings at Golden Point, and although ultimately unsuccessful in this venture, he left Ballarat and practised as a surveyor in Geelong, and subsequently went on to have one of the longest careers of any engineer in Victoria, and was responsible for a number of important engineering works.

Nicola Paone

He was especially popular in Argentina, where he was known as "the Italian Troubadour," performing in a black cape with silver lining.

Thomas New

He was born near Studley, Warwickshire and arrived in Sydney on the Troubadour in June 1843 with his parents Cornelius and Rebecca New and his sister Emily.


1130s in poetry

Giraut de Bornelh (died 1215), French troubadour whose his skill earned him the nickname of "Master of the Troubadours"

Ademar de Rocaficha

Ademar de Rocaficha (circa 1200 ?) was a troubadour, probably from Roquefixade in the County of Foix.

Alphonso I of Spain

Alfonso II of Aragon, aka Alfons I, Count of Barcelona, (1162–1196) known as el Cast (the Chaste) or el Trobador (the Troubadour)

Arnaut de Tintinhac

Arnaut de Tintinhac or Tintignac was a 12th-century Gascon nobleman and troubadour from Naves, near Tulle.

Asik

Ashik, a mystic troubadour or traveling bard, in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, and Iran

Aycart del Fossat

Aycart or Aicart del Fossat or Aicardo de Fossato (fl. 1250–68) was a troubadour from Le Fossat in Ariège.

Aymeric

Aimeric de Sarlat (fl. c. 1200) troubadour from Sarlat in the Périgord

Bertran del Pojet

Bertran del Pojet (fl. 1222) was a Provençal castellan and troubadour of the latter half of the thirteenth century, a period of Angevin rule in Provence and Italy.

Boston Social Forum

Numerous cultural events were also part of the proceedings, the largest being a show at the famed Middle East Restaurant in nearby Cambridge featuring UK punk troubadour Billy Bragg, actor Chris Cooper, filmmaker John Sayles, and nearly 30 other acts and featured guests.

Cançoneret de Ripoll

Influenced by Cerverí de Girona, the chansonnier and its ideology serve as transition in the history of Catalan literature between the dominance of the troubadours and the new developments of Ausiàs March.

Eble d'Ussel

Eble or Ebles d'Ussel (also d'Ussèl or d'Uisel; fl. c. 1200) was a Limousin troubadour, the eldest of three brothers, castellans of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of Ventadorn.

Engelbert Dollfuss

Then he announced to the world: "The independence of Austria, for which he has fallen, is a principle that has been defended and will be defended by Italy even more strenuously", and then replaced in the main square of Bolzano the statue of Walther von der Vogelweide, a Germanic troubadour, with that of Drusus, a Roman general who conquered part of Germany.

Engenim d'Urre de Valentinès

Engenim d'Urre de Valentinès was a troubadour, possibly from Eurre.

Gai Saber

Gai Saber draws its name from a medieval Occitan poetic academy that traces its roots to the regions influential troubadour culture.

Guillem de Balaun

Guillem or Guilhem de Balaun (fl. bef. 1223) was the castellan of Balazuc and a troubadour from the region around Montpellier.

Hagaparken

Hagaparken has historically been favoured by Swedish royalty, especially Gustav III who founded it and developed it 1780-1797, and by the famous troubadour Carl Michael Bellman, a contemporary of Gustav III, who is much associated with Haga due to the lyrics of his compositions, poems and his writings.

Isaac ben Abraham

Isaac Gorni, late 13th-century Hebrew troubadour from Gascony

Jofre de Foixà

Jofre de Foixà (or Jaufre de Foixa) (died c. 1300) was a troubadour from Foixà in the Empordà, the second son of Bernard of Foixà.

Jordan Fantosme

This hypothesis rests in part on the assumption that Fantosme integrated some characteristics of Occitan verse (perhaps coblas by the troubadour Jaufre Rudel) he encountered during a stay in Poitiers in the 1140s, where he probably studied under Gilbert de la Porrée.

Kolmätargränd

The present alley is one of the shortest in the old town, and while an article about it might seem superfluous, it has reached an all but legendary status among a large number of Swedes through the still popular troubadour Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795) and his 34th epistle named Till Movitz, när elden var lös i hans kvarter uti Kolmätargränden ("To Movitz, when fire ravaged his block in Kolmätargränden").

Laurie Z

Laurie Z. toured extensively and opened for instrumentalists like Herbie Hancock, Leo Kottke and Tim Weisburg and she performed at major clubs Troubadour and Roxy.

Matfre Ermengau

Matfre Ermengau(d) (died 1322) was a Franciscan friar, legist, and troubadour from Béziers.

Matilda Bruckner

She is an authority on French romance from the twelfth and thirteenth century, and author and editor of four books on romance, Chrétien de Troyes, and the women troubadours.

Meyrueis

Guillaume Ademar (Guilhem Ademar en occitan) (1190/1195–1217), of noble origin but poor, was songwriter troubadour in Gévaudan.

Overkill L.A.

In late '82, Overkill played at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, with the band Trauma and it was at that show that Metallica's singer-guitar player James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich saw Trauma bass player Cliff Burton for the first time and hired him.

Paper Walls

The band played an acoustic set the next night at the Troubadour and also played two new songs, "Shadows and Regrets" and "Light Up the Sky".

Peire de la Mula

According to his vida, he was a joglars and trobaire (troubadour) who stayed for a long time in Montferrat, Cortemilia, and the Piedmont at the court of Ottone del Carretto (fl. 1190–1233).

Peyre de Rius

In his last appearance in documents, he was gifted by the new queen, Sibil·la de Fortià, for service as a trobador de cançons de casa del comte de Foix (troubadour of cansos of the House of Foix).

Peyre de Rius (fl.1344–86) was an Occitan troubadour from Foix.

Pons Santolh

Pons (de) Santolh was a thirteenth-century troubadour, probably a member of the Centulli family, but whether of the Castelsarrasin or Toulouse branch remains a mystery.

Raimbaut

Raimbaut of Orange (1147–1173), or in Occitan Raimbaut d'Aurenga, was the lord of Orange and Aumelas and a troubadour

Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1180–1207), Provençal troubadour and, later in his life, knight

Ricau de Tarascon

Ricau de Tarascon (also spelled Ricautz or Ricavi) was a Provençal knight and troubadour from Tarascon, active between 1200 and 1240.

Ripoll

In the High Middle Ages, its castle, the Castle of Saguardia, located in the county of Les Llosses was ruled by the Saguàrdia family, of which Ponç de la Guàrdia was a famous troubadour.

Roland Zoss

After travelling the world, performing in the "Troubadour" in L.A. he made success in Europe in 2004 with the album Härzland ('heartland') with Swiss German translations of the Leonard Cohen song First We Take Manhattan (Zersch näh me mer Manhattan) and the Elvis Presley song In the Ghetto.

Rostaing Berenguier

Rostanh or Rostaing Berenguier de Marselha was an early fourteenth-century troubadour and Hospitaller from Marseille.

Savaric

Savari de Mauléon or Savaric de Malleo, 13th century soldier and troubadour

Simon Doria

The tenso with Alberto, possibly Alberto Fieschi, N'Albert, chauçeç la cal mais vos plaira, is found only in chansonnier called "troubadour manuscript T", numbered 15211 in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, where it is kept today.

The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show

The Naked Trucker and T-Bones' first live album, Live at the Troubadour, was released on Warner Bros. Records in conjunction with a DVD of the same concert on March 20, 2007.

The Power of Myth

The Troubadours, Eros, romantic love, Tristan, libido vs. credo, separation from love, Satan, loving your enemy, the Crucifixion as atonement, virgin birth, the story of Isis, Osiris and Horus, the Madonna, the Big Bang, the correlation between the earth or mother Goddess and images of fertility (the sacred feminine).

Tomier and Palaizi

Tomier and Palaizi (or Palazi) were two knights and troubadours from Tarascon, possibly brothers, and frequent comrades and co-composers (fl. 1199–1226).

Varekai

Violaine combined the sounds of Hawaiian rituals, 11th-century French troubadour songs, traditional Armenian melodies and gospel music with contemporary arrangements to create the sound of Varekai.


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