Vida (Occitan literary form)
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Vida is the usual term for a brief prose biography, written in Old Occitan, of a troubadour or trobairitz.
An illustration of Guillem de Cabestany accompanies his vida in the chansonnier. He is apparently leaving.
Troubadour
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A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages. Since the word troubadour is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a trobai
The troubadour Perdigon playing his fiddle
William IX of Aquitaine portrayed as a knight, who first composed poetry on returning from the Crusade of 1101
Trobadours, 14th century
Musicians in the time of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. These were in the court of the king, two vielle players and one citoler.