Information About

Cercamon




Most of the information we have about Cercamon's life is nothing but rumour and conjecture; some of his contemporaries credit him as Marcabru 's mentor, and some Circumstantial Evidence points to him having died on crusade as a follower of Louis VII Of France .

About 7 of his lyrics survive, but not a single melody; unfortunately, the work of his that most contributed to his fame among his contemporaries, his ''pastoretas'' or pastourelles, are lost.

''Cercamon'' simply means 'world searcher' in medieval Occitan.


REFERENCES


  • Jeanroy, Alfred (1966). ''Les Poésies de Cercamon''. Paris: Libraire Honoré Champion.

  • Wolf, George and Rosenstein, Roy (1983). ''The Poetry of Cercamon and Jaufre Rudel''. London: Garland Publishing, Inc.

  • ''Biographies des troubadours'' ed. J. Boutière, A.-H. Schutz (Paris: Nizet, 1964) pp. 9-13.