Chansonnier

A chansonnier ("song book", from French chanson "song") is a collective manuscript of Provencal trobador poetry according to the Spanish Cancionero , the Italian Canzoniere and the German song manuscript . Since the 17th century, chansonnier has also been the name of the songwriters of the 12th to 14th centuries (French trouvères and Provencal trobadors ) in contrast to the authors of epic poems.

As a name for the singers of modern French chansons , chansonnier is only used in German, the French name is chanteur . The chansonnier in French is specifically the cabaret singer or the author of political-satirical texts.

literature

• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 128.

Web links

• Howard Mayer Brown:  Chansonnier (i). In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
• Charles Hamm, Jerry Call:  Sources, MS. IX. Renaissance polyphony. 8. Chansonniers. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).