0 a travelling musician and singer common between the 11th and 15th centuries: --
a wandering minstrel
As the civil rights movement progressed and gained acceptance, minstrels lost popularity.
They include actors, dancers, minstrels, storytellers and impressionists.
A minstrel's creative output usually takes two major forms.
Flanking the entrance is a double staircase leading to a minstrels' gallery and the senior combination room.
The epics were sung by professional minstrels who pleased audiences by reshaping the poems to meet the needs of new generations.
The "clr" were poet-musicians, considered the lowest tier of the poetic tradition, and often looked down on as mere minstrels by the court poets.
A popular instrument with the minstrels and amateur musicians of the 14th century, the gittern eventually out-competed its rival, the citole.
Gradually more young individuals of student age took to learning the difficult art of the bandura minstrels.
