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Troubadours were poet-musicians who emerged in the south of France in the 12th and 13th centuries. They composed their lyric verse in the language known as Provençal (langue d’oc). Poitiers seems to have been the first major center of troubadours. However, as time went by troubadour song extended to such places as Bordeaux, the north of Italy, and Catalonia. These poet-musicians combined their poetry and music in the service of courtly love. In the judgment of the troubadour, courtly love or fine amour was the source of all true virtue and nobility.
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Troubadours were poet musicians. They did not write religious poems. They wrote romances about knights and ladies. These romances were told in the form of poems set to music. Their songs were very popular because they were about love and heroes and chivalry.
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The Glee Clubs, the University Chorus, the University Singers, generations of the Troubadours and many other outstanding vocal groups have provided countless hours of student involvement at GW. These groups have entertained generations of listeners and numerous organizations and participated in many events and gatherings in Washington. They have generated enormous good will for the University.
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Through the years the Arias Troubadours have performed for U.S. Presidents such as former Pres. George Bush, sr., former Pres. Bill Clinton, and countless celebrities such as Gilbert Roland, Ricardo Montalban, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith and Cheech Marin. That tradition continues today as the Arias Troubadours appearances include:
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The purpose the The Hoban Troubadours is to provide a chance for students to become more involved in theater outside the fall play and spring musical. Students earn points for different roles in each performance in which they participate. These points will eventually earn them a seat on the Hoban Chapter in the International Thespian Society. Once a member of ITS, students may attend regional and state conferences. There they can compete in small competitions, solo performances, musical duos, set design, lighting, etc.
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Some of these popular themes were retained by the troubadours, the alba and pastorela for instance, and were often treated by them in a direct and simple manner. The Gascon troubadour Cercamon is said to have composed pastorals in "the old style." But in general, between troubadour poetry and the popular poetry of folk-lore, a great gulf is fixed, the gulf of artificiality. The very name "troubadour" points to this characteristic. Trobador is the oblique case of the nominative trobaire, a substantive from the verb trobar, in modern French trouver. The Northern French trouvère is a nominative form, and trouveor should more properly correspond with trobador.
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