94:, repeated. The entire poem is basically a disorderly and wordy catalogue the things (names, songs, and stories) which Cabra ought to know in his capacity as public entertainer, but which in fact he does not know. The eruditeness of the work is impressive, giving evidence of Guerau's learning, the writings he would have had access to in twelfth-century Catalonia, and the typical repertoire of a contemporary jongleur.
191:. It is clear that by Guerau's time, Occitan lyric poetry had already witnessed a proliferation of genres. To the historian of culture, these twenty-four lines are an important source for the qualifications of a good jongleur.
67:, Cabra. Cabra's name, which means goat and is related to the name of his master's viscounty (Cabrera), probably indicates that he was Guerau's
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Finally, Guerau lists the various genres and types of song which Cabra does not have in his repertoire:
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and worse still of singing. He cannot finish with a proper "
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75:of their lords. Guerau's arms bore a goat.
63:, a long didactic poem written for his
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153:in the manner of the Gascon jongleurs.
208:, vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel.
105:: poor knowledge of how to play the
57:Guerau is today most famous for his
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206:Història de la Literatura Catalana
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103:mal saps viular / e pietz chantar
233:12th-century Spanish troubadours
82:is divided into 216 lines. The
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147:You don't know how to dance
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139:a guiza de juglar guascon.
228:People from Catalonia
17:Guerau III de Cabrera
120:). Guerau goes on:
118:tempradura de breton
150:nor how to gesture
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217:Categories
195:References
182:retroencha
164:sirventesc
99:ensenhamen
80:ensenhamen
60:ensenhamen
40:troubadour
188:contenson
204:(1964).
176:estribot
170:balaresc
65:jongleur
31:, was a
114:cadence
48:Cabrera
37:Occitan
33:Catalan
21:Guiraut
185:, and
111:Breton
69:herald
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107:viol
97:The
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