0 a male poet and singer who travelled around southern France and northern Italy between the 11th and 13th centuries entertaining rich people -- （11世纪至13世纪周游于法国南部及意大利北部的）游吟诗人
The medieval troubadours were not resurrected in the nineteenth century, as is sometimes believed.
The latter claim a special distinction as living descendants of the original troubadours; the former views himself as more remotely related to medieval music.
This brief etymological sketch makes clear that ' troubadour' is more than a generic signifier.
The troubadour word refrain easily becomes a locus for experimentation.
The issue at hand is the detailed proof that troubadour and trouvere repertories have always been objects of thought and scrutiny.
And just where were his transcriptions of troubadour and trouvere songs in modal rhythm?
Instead, he interprets and uncovers it in a creative tradition of eight centuries, historicizing troubadours and trouveres continuously.
One thing it is not is old music: ' it's the music of the time and of the troubadour, true folk music'.
