trobairitz

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Occitan trobairitz.

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Noun

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trobairitz (plural trobairitz)

  1. (historical) A female composer of Old Occitan lyric poetry; a female troubadour.
    • 1987, Beverly Evans, “Countess of Dia (mid- to late-twelth century)”, in Historical Anthology of Music by Women, number 1, page 11:
      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 .
    • 1991, J. Michele Edwards, Women in Music to ca. 1450:
      Studies have tentatively identified some common themes in the trobairitz corpus as well as variety among women's voices.
    • 1995, William Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, page 1756:
      We know about twenty trobairitz by name, and their corpus includes some thirty-two songs.
    • 2015, Gary Westfahl, A Day in a Working Life: 300 Trades and Professions through History, volume 1, page 658:
      While trobairitz often played lutes, they might also sing while playing a harp, an instrument that women were often encouraged to master.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Occitan trobairitz.

Noun

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trobairitz f (plural trobairitz)

  1. female equivalent of troubadour (troubadour).
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Occitan

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trobairitz f (plural trobairises)

  1. female equivalent of trobador (troubadour).