trubadur

English translation: folk singer

08:50 May 31, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: trubadur
Under året ordnas även allsång och trubadurkvällar på campingen.
The dictionary says troubadour but I need something more modern!
Thought about live music but there must be something better. Any ideas gratefully appreciated :o)
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 10:09
English translation:folk singer
Explanation:
A "trubadur" sings popular songs written by himself or others, or traditional "folk" songs, and for the most part accompanies himself on a guitar.
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asptech
Local time: 10:09
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5 +2troubadour
Constantinos Faridis (X)
4 +2folk singer
asptech
3travelling entertainers
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troubadour


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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Troubadour (disambiguation).
"Trovatore" redirects here. For the opera, see Il trovatore.
A troubadour (Perdigon) playing his fiddle.

A troubadour (Occitan pronunciation: [tɾuβaˈðuɾ], originally [tɾuβaˈðoɾ]) was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.

The troubadour school or tradition began in the 11th century in Occitania, but it subsequently spread into Italy, Spain, and even Greece. Under the influence of the troubadours, related movements sprang up throughout Europe: the Minnesang in Germany, trovadorismo in Galicia and Portugal, and that of the trouvères in northern France. Dante Alighieri in his De vulgari eloquentia defined the troubadour lyric as fictio rethorica musicaque poita: rhetorical, musical, and poetical fiction. After the "classical" period around the turn of the 13th century and a mid-century resurgence, the art of the troubadours declined in the 14th century and eventually died out around the time of the Black Death (1348).

The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry and courtly love. Most were metaphysical, intellectual, and formulaic. Many were humorous or vulgar satires. Works can be grouped into three styles: the trobar leu (light), trobar ric (rich), and trobar clus (closed). Likewise there were many genres, the most popular being the canso, but sirventes and tensos were especially popular in the post-classical period, in Italy, and among the female troubadours, the trobairitz.

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 11:09
Native speaker of: Greek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monique Zwanenburg Widingsjö: I understand that you want a more modern word, but it is what it is and folk singer or travelling entertainers do not describe what it is. So imho troubadour is the most accurate
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agree  Nerissa Lowe: Troubadour is the correct term, and is widely used in England, the USA and Australia.
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folk singer


Explanation:
A "trubadur" sings popular songs written by himself or others, or traditional "folk" songs, and for the most part accompanies himself on a guitar.

asptech
Local time: 10:09
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agree  Thomas Johansson
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agree  nativeswede
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travelling entertainers


Explanation:
If you don't want 'troubadour', well we do use this term to talk about people at funfairs and fetes

SafeTex
France
Local time: 10:09
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