Gontier de Soignies

Gontier de Soignies was a troubadour whose literary activity took place between the years 1180-1220. Biography

Gontier de Soignies was originally from Soignies in Hainaut, but his life is unknown. In his work, it is alluded to that traveled by France and in the county of Burgundy, was protected of Otón I of Burgundy.

Una of sus obras (When florist the burner) is quoted in The Roman of the Rose or Guillaume de Dole of Jean Renart, verses 1232 al 5252. Works

He was the composer of several love songs in French that are preserved in several manuscripts. He is credited with 34 but only 27 are considered to be truly made by him. The cultivated genus was the so-called rotrouenge, lyrical poetry characterized by an inner chorus, the center or the end of the stanza. Home

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