Troubadour & trouvere melodies, c1150-1300 CE

Bernhart de Ventadorn, "Can vei la lauzeta mover" (c1170-1180, S. France): 8-lines/8 syllables ea.; form (atypical): ABCDEFEF'
  
                                  


   
                                   


                           

Comtessa de dia, "A chantar" (c1150-1200, S. France): 7-lines/10-11 syllables ea.; form (ballade): AABC (where C = 2nd half of A)
 
                       
           

  [refrain]

                              
           
 

Adam de la Halle, "Robins m'aime" (c1284, N. France): 7 lines, incl. 2x refrains; refrain lines: 7 syllables ea.; verse lines: 8-8-11 syllables
form (~rondeau): ABaabAB
 
             
refrain

     

  
                              
to refrain

Guiraut de Bornelh, "Reis Glorios" (c1140-1200, S. France): verse lines: 10-10-11-11 syllables; refrain line: 7 syllables; form (ballade):
AABC (where B subdivides into BB')
 
                          
 
    

          
           
    

[refrain]
          
   

Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, "Kalenda maya" (c1200, S. France): 8 or 16-lines/c5 or c10 syllables ea.; form (dance): AABBCC
   
                                         
  
 


                           
  

Guillaume d'Amiens, "Prendes i garde" (late-13th century, N. France): 8 lines, incl. 2x refrains; refrain lines: 10-9 syllables; verse lines:
9-10-9-8 syllables; form (rondeau): ABaAabAB
  
          
refrain

                

  
                           
to refrain

Anonymous, "A l'entrada del tens clar" (c1200-1300, S. France): 8 lines; lines 1-3 7+3 syllables; lines 4-6: 7 syllables ea.; lines 7-8:


                                        
5+3 syllable; form (ballade): AAB; subdivides: aa'aa''bb'; lines 1-3 and 8 end with a "respond"

   

   
                          
       

   

Anonymous, "Or la truix" (c1250-1300, N. France): 8 lines, incl. 2x refrains; refrain lines: 7-9 syllables; verse lines: 8-8-8-9 syllables

  
form (virelai): AbbaA, where each A/a sets 2 lines

                      
refrain

      


  
                
          
 
to refrain