- Grimoart Gausmar
Grimoart(z) Gausmar(s) was a
Gascon troubadour of the third quarter of thetwelfth century . The sole source of information about his life comes from a satire ofPeire d'Alvernhe , in which it is mentioned that Grimoart was aknight andjongleur . The attribution of his only known work, however, is facilitated by its last lines:Grimoart's work is misattributed in two manuscripts toJaufre Rudel . The misattribution probably stems from the similarity between the first lines of two works: "Lanquan lo temps renovelha" by Grimoart and "Lanquan li jorn son lonc e may" by Rudel. The influence ofMarcabru comes across in the poem of Grimoart.A hypothesis has been forwarded that Grimoart Gausmar is a corruption of the name of another troubadour,
Guilhem Azemar , which the copyist and later Peire got wrong. It has not received widespread support.ources
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Riquer, Martín de . "Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos". 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.
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