Almucs de Castelnau [SEP] sex or gender
Almucs de Castelnau
Almucs de Castelnau or Castelnou (c. 1140 – pre-1184) was a trobairitz, that is a female troubadour, from a town near Avignon in Provence. Her name is also spelled "Almuc", "Amucs", "Almois", "Almurs", or "Almirs".
Almucs' only surviving work is a poetic exchange with Iseut de Capio, another trobairitz. The song is presented in the chansonniers intermixed with a long "razo". It tells how Iseut begged Almucs de Castelnau
of poetic patronage and composition probably occurred a quarter century earlier, or Guilleuma de Rosers, who composed a "tenso" with Lanfranc Cigala, known between 1235 and 1257. There exist brief prose biographies—"vidas"—for eight trobairitz: Almucs de Castelnau (actually a "razo"), Azalais de Porcairagues, the Comtessa de Dia, Castelloza, Iseut de Capio (also a "razo"), Lombarda, Maria de Ventadorn, and Tibors de Sarenom.
Works.
Works Schools and styles.
Three main styles of Occitan lyric