The etymology of the word troubadour and its cognates in other languages is disputed, but may be related to trobar, "to compose, to discuss, to invent", cognate with Old French trover, "to compose … See more

The modern popular image of the troubadour or trouvère is that of the itinerant musician wandering from town to town, lute on his back. Itinerant singers and performers existed, but they were called See more

There are no extant trouvère songs "in which a woman explicitly claims authorship by naming herself". There are, however, poems in which a woman is named as the author in a rubric or table of contents in a manuscript and others in which a female … See more

This is only a partial list. There are 256 named male trouvères known.
• Adam de Givenchi
• Adam de la Halle (c. 1240–88)
• Adenet Le Roi (c. 1240–c. 1300) See more

The following is a list of chansonniers containing trouvère texts and/or music listed by sigla (usually a letter). It is not complete. The same manuscripts may be signified by different sigla in different contexts (i.e., trouabdours or motets) if it contains works of … See more

• William the Trouvère See more

• Akehurst, F. R. P.; Davis, Judith M., eds. (1995). A Handbook of the Troubadours. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07976-0.
• Butterfield, Ardis (1997). "Monophonic song: questions of category". Companion to Medieval & Renaissance … See more