Monódia non-liturgical and secular FIRST SECULAR MUSICAL FORMS The earliest specimens of music Songs are preserved with Latin texts. The first of these form the Repertoire of the songs of the goliards of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The goliards - name From a probably mythical patron, Bishop Goliath - were students or Wandering clerics who migrated from school to school in the days preceding Foundations of the great sedentary universities. His vagabond life, barely seen by respectable people, was celebrated in his songs, of which numerous Handwritten collections. The themes of the texts are almost always Eternal trinity of interests of young males: wine, women and satire. The treatment given them is sometimes delicate, others are not; The spirit is Frankly biting and informal, as it becomes very noticeable when we hear some Of the modern musical versions of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. Just a little Part of the original music of the goliardos ...
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