Pierrekin de la Coupele
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Pierrekin de la Coupele was a north French trouvère
, from the Pas-de-Calais, probably the areas nowadays called Coupelle-Vieille
and Coupelle-Neuve
. He is regarded as a poor poet. His literary connexions and his floruit can be established by his song Je chant en aventure, directed at an unnamed Count of Soissons
, usually identified with Jehan de Nesle
, called le Bon et le Bègue, who was certainly familiar with the trouvères, for his brother and predecessor, Ralph
, was one.
Of Pierrekin's total oeuvre, six pieces survive, half with their music. A later addition to the Chansonnier du Roi, the song A mon pooir ai servi is through-composed
in mensural notation
. Lines equivalent in length are not all treated as rhythmically identical. Pierrekin's other songs with surviving music are Cançon faz non pas vilaine and Je chant en aventure. The three songs J'ai la meillor qui soit en vie, Quant ivers et frois depart, and Quant li tens jolis revient do not have surviving music.
Trouvère
Trouvère , sometimes spelled trouveur , is the Northern French form of the word trobador . It refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the troubadours but who composed their works in the northern dialects of France...
, from the Pas-de-Calais, probably the areas nowadays called Coupelle-Vieille
Coupelle-Vieille
Coupelle-Vieille is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Coupelle-Vieille is situated some 16 miles northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D343 road.-Population:-References:*...
and Coupelle-Neuve
Coupelle-Neuve
Coupelle-Neuve is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A village situated some 16 miles east of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D104 road.-Population:-References:* -External links:*...
. He is regarded as a poor poet. His literary connexions and his floruit can be established by his song Je chant en aventure, directed at an unnamed Count of Soissons
Count of Soissons
This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons and ruled Soissons and its civitas or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual Soissonnais.-Carolingians:...
, usually identified with Jehan de Nesle
John II, Count of Soissons
John II , also known as Je'an de Nesle and by the sobriquet le Bon et le Bègue , was the tenth Count of Soissons, succeeding his father Ralph the Good, in 1235. He was the son of his father's second wife, Yolanda. By marriage he also became Count of Chartres and Lord of Amboise...
, called le Bon et le Bègue, who was certainly familiar with the trouvères, for his brother and predecessor, Ralph
Raoul de Soissons
Raoul de Soissons was a French nobleman, Crusader, and trouvère. He was the second son of Raoul le Bon, Count of Soissons, and became the Sire de Coeuvres in 1232. Raoul participated in three Crusades....
, was one.
Of Pierrekin's total oeuvre, six pieces survive, half with their music. A later addition to the Chansonnier du Roi, the song A mon pooir ai servi is through-composed
Through-composed
Through-composed music is relatively continuous, non-sectional, and/or non-repetitive. A song is said to be through-composed if it has different music for each stanza of the lyrics. This is in contrast to strophic form, in which each stanza is set to the same music...
in mensural notation
Mensural notation
Mensural notation is the musical notation system which was used in European music from the later part of the 13th century until about 1600."Mensural" refers to the ability of this system to notate complex rhythms with great exactness and flexibility...
. Lines equivalent in length are not all treated as rhythmically identical. Pierrekin's other songs with surviving music are Cançon faz non pas vilaine and Je chant en aventure. The three songs J'ai la meillor qui soit en vie, Quant ivers et frois depart, and Quant li tens jolis revient do not have surviving music.