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Bernart de Ventadorn

1135 - 1190

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Bernart de Ventadorn (also Bernard de Ventadour or Bernat del Ventadorn; c. 1130–1140 – c. 1190–1200) was an Occitan poet-composer troubadour of the classical age of troubadour poetry. Generally regarded as the most important troubadour in both poetry and music, his 18 extant melodies of 45 known poems in total is the most to survive from any 12th-century troubadour. He is remembered for his mastery as well as popularization of the trobar leu style, and for his prolific cançons, which helped define the genre and establish the "classical" form of courtly love poetry, to be imitated and reproduced throughout the remaining century and a half of troubadour activity. Now thought of as "the Master Singer," he developed the cançons into a more formalized style which allowed for sudden turns. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernart de Ventadorn is the 848th most popular writer (down from 720th in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from France (down from 866th in 2019) and the 127th most popular French Writer.

Bernart de Ventadorn is most famous for his poetry. He is considered the first troubadour and was a major influence on the development of the troubadour tradition.

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Among writers, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 848 out of 7,302. Before him are Daniel Goleman, Ibycus, Franz Grillparzer, Jin Yong, Karl Harrer, and Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani. After him are Ali Shariati, Eugène Scribe, Michael Crichton, Menippus, Jonas Lie, and Andrea Camilleri.

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Among people born in 1135, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 5. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes, Inge I of Norway, Léonin, and Joachim of Fiore. After him are Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Walter of Châtillon, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Judith of Thuringia, William of the White Hands, William I, Count of Boulogne, and Joscelin III, Count of Edessa. Among people deceased in 1190, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 4. Before him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, and Isabella of Hainault. After him are Godfrey III, Count of Louvain, Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Floris III, Count of Holland, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Anvari, Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, and Saigyō.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 1,002 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Jacques Cassini (1677), Pierre Janet (1859), Claude Jade (1948), and Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627). After him are Fromental Halévy (1799), Eugène Scribe (1791), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Jacques Perrin (1941), and Caterina Valente (1931).

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Among writers born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 127. Before him are Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Jean Anouilh (1910), Max Jacob (1876), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Theodore Beza (1519), and Alain-René Lesage (1668). After him are Eugène Scribe (1791), Georges Bernanos (1888), Laura de Noves (1310), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), and Jean de La Bruyère (1645).

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