- Guillem Magret
Guillem or Guilhem Magret (fl. 1195–1210) was a
troubadour andjongleur from theViennois . He left behind eight poems, of which survive a "sirventes " and a "canso" with melodies.According to his "vida", he was a gambler and publican who could not keep the money he earned but spent it away gambling and frequenting taverns, and so he was always ill-equipped for riding. In "Maigret, pujat m’es el cap", a "tenso" with
Guilhem Rainol d'Apt , he is despised by his debate partner as a "joglar vielh, nesci, badoc": "an old, silly, stupid jongleur". Despite this, his biographer notes that he was well-liked and honoured and his songs were "good".Guillem travelled widely in Spain, sojourning at the courts of
Peter II of Aragon andAlfonso IX of León . Eventually he entered a hospital in Spain, in the land of "Lord Roiz Peire dels Gambiaros" (probablyPedro Ruiz de los Cameros ), and there ended his life. Among the dates which can be established for Guillem's life are 1196, when he composed a song on the death of Alfonso II and succession of Peter II in Aragon, and 1204, when he wrote a song to celebrate the November coronation of Peter byPope Innocent III inRome .Guillem's music is rich, diverse, motivically-varied, and
neumatic ally-textured. "L'aigue puge contremont" contains four unusual B–F leaps, which Guillem probably intended as a motive.ources
*Aubrey, Elizabeth. "The Music of the Troubadours". Indiana University Press, 1996. ISBN 0 253 21389 4.
*Egan, Margarita, ed. and trans. "The Vidas of the Troubadours". New York: Garland, 1984. ISBN 0824094379.External links
* [http://www.rialto.unina.it/GlRain/231.3(Bonaugurio).htm "Maigret, pujat m’es el cap"] at Rialto.
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