Beatritz de Dia
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Beatritz or Beatriz de Dia[1] (born c. 12th century - flourished circa 1175, Provence) was a trobairitz , that is a female troubadour , a poet-musician. [2]
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[edit] Life
She is only known as the Comtessa de Dia ("Countess of Diá") in contemporary documents, but was almost certainly named Beatriz and probably the daughter of Count Isoard II of Diá (a town on the Drôme in the marquisate of Provence). According to her vida, she was married to Guillem or Guilhem de Poitiers, Count of Viennois but she was in love with Raimbaut of Orange (1150-1173).
[edit] Works
Beatrice's poems were often set to the music of a flute. Five of her works survive. [2] The surviving works include: 4 cansos and 1 tenson. 2 [3]
Her song A chantar m'er de so qu'eu no volria in the Occitan language is the only canso by a trobairitz to survive with its music intact.[4]
Her extant poems are:
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- Ab joi et ab joven m'apais
- A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu non volria
- Estât ai en greu cossirier
- Fin ioi me don'alegranssa
[edit] Quotation
Beatrice sang [3]
- " The joy you give me is such that a thousand doleful people would be made merry by my joy."
[edit] "A chantar m'er" in audio
[edit] In fiction
She is the subject of a series of historical novels by the East German author Irmtraud Morgner. [5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Diá in modern Occitan spelling; Dia in medieval Occitan writing which could be stressed over i or perhaps already over a like in modern Occitan.
- ^ a b Sackler Center for Feminist Art, The Dinner Party database . Brooklyn Museum
- ^ a b Troubadour Music at the Music Encylopedia.
- ^ Elizabeth Aubrey. "Comtessa de Dia", Grove Music Online.
- ^ Irmtraud Morgner's Trobadora Beatrice by Elizabeth Morier
[edit] References
- Beatrice de Die at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, The Dinner Party database, Brooklyn Museum. Accessed February 2008.
- Troubadour Music at the Music Encylopedia. Accessed February 2008.
- Socialist Magical Realism Irmtraud Morgner's Trobadora Beatrice by Elizabeth Morier. The Complete Review, Volume II, Issue 2- May, 2001. Accessed February 2008.
