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Perdigon
11+ albums
troubadourfrench12th century
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Perdigon or Perdigo (fl. 1190–1220) was a troubadour from Lespéron in the Gévaudan. Fourteen of his works survive, including three cansos with melodies. He was respected and admired by contemporaries, judging by the widespread inclusion of his work in chansonniers and in citations by other troubadours. Though his biography is made confounding by contradicting statements in his vida and allusions in his and others' poems, Perdigon's status as a jongleur from youth and an accomplished fiddler is well-attested in contemporary works (by him and others) and manuscript illustrations depicting him with his fiddle. Perdigon travelled widely and was patronised by Dalfi d'Alvernha, the Baux, Peter II of Aragon, and Barral of Marseille. His service to the latter provides an early definite date for his career, as Barral died in 1192 and Perdigon composed a canso—which survives with music—for him. According to his vida, Perdigon was the son of a poor fisherman who excelled through his "wit and inventiveness" to honour and fame, was clothed and eventually armed, knighted, and granted land and rent by Dalfi d'Alvernha. After this period of his life, which is said to have lasted a long time, the manuscripts of his vida diverge. According to one version, death deprived him of his friends, male and female, and so he lost his position and entered a Cistercian monastery, where he died. That he entered a Cistercian monastery has never been proven, but has received some support from two of his w
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Los mals d'amors ai eu ben toz apres
1522Tut l'an mi ten amors de tal faisson
353Trop Ai Estat
54Tot l'an mi ten amors de tal faisso
35Livin' After Midnight
26Los mals d'amor ai ieu ben tots apres
27Trop ai estat mon Bon Esper non vi
28Perdigon (1190-1212) - Trop ai estat
19Trop ai estat (1190-1212)
110Trop ai estat (soprano: Graziella Benini, lute: Walter Benvenuti)
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In seculum viellatoris: The Medieval Vielle
Courts, Kings, & Troubadors: Medieval & Renaissance Music
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Courts, Kings, & Troubadors: Medieval & Renaissance Music (Anthology of Renaissance & Medieval Music, disc 1)
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In Seculum Viellatoris
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Tiramos a dar (Maqueta)
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Courts, Kings, & Troubadors
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Courts, Kings & Troubadors
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Los mals d'amor ai ieu ben tots apres - G. Zuchetto, Troubadours Art Ensemble
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Tot l'an mi ten amors de tal faisso - G. Zuchetto, Troubadours Art Ensemble
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Trop ai estat mon Bon Esper non vi - G. Zuchetto, Troubadours Art Ensemble
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Russell Oberlin, Courts, Kings, & Troubadours: Medieval & Renaissance Music