trobairitz

Definitions

A female composer of Old Occitan lyric poetry; a female troubadour.

historical

Equivalents

Examples

“This single melody, which is also the only one by a trobairitz to have⟳ been identified, is preserved in only one thirteenth-century manuscript, and it includes only the first cobla, or stanza .”

“Studies have⟳ tentatively identified some common themes in the trobairitz corpus as well as variety among women's voices.”

“We know⟳ about twenty trobairitz by name⟳, and their corpus includes some thirty-two songs.”

“While trobairitz often played lutes, they might also sing⟳ while playing a harp, an instrument that women were often encouraged to master.”

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