Raimbaut de Vaqueyras

…Vidal of Toulouse; the chivalrous Raimbaut de Vaqueyras; Folquet de Marseille, a monk who became bishop of Toulouse; the truculent monk of Montaudon; and the satirical Peire Cardenal.

According to a contemporary account, Raimbaut de Vaqueyras wrote his famous poem “Kalenda maya” (“The Calends of May”) to a dance tune played by some vielle (fiddle) players at Montferrat (now Monferrato, Italy). At least four troubadour songs are based directly on Latin sacred melodies. Several troubadour melodies are slightly…