sirvente
Americannoun
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sirventes
plural
noun
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Origin of sirvente
1810–20; back formation from Provençal sirventes literally, pertaining to a servant, i.e., lover (the -s being taken as plural sign). See servant, -ese
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For he was making a sirvente in praise of Guenevere.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
This sirvente which was apparently composed during a brief interval during which the jongleurs amused the company, was read in a sonorous voice by Archbishop Boniface.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
The sirvente was a song of war or politics, sometimes satirical, sometimes in praise of the exploits of a generous patron.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
He deemed himself forgotten in his captivity, and composed an indignant sirvente in his favorite Provençal tongue.
From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Barral had composed and committed to memory a sirvente or song of battle which he proposed to write out, paper and quill being permitted him in deference to his broken jaw.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
The Monk of Montandon refers to him as a merchant in his sirventes upon other troubadours.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
The first sirventes which can be dated with certainty belongs to 1181, and is a call to the allies of Raimon V, Count of Toulouse, to aid their master against the King of Aragon.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
The society offered an annual prize of a golden violet for the best chanso; other prizes were added at a later date for the best dance song and the best sirventes.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
It was more simply turned, however, than was the general cast of the sirventes, and rather resembled the lai of a Norman minstrel.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
His political sirventes show an insight into the affairs of his age, which is in strong contrast to the whimsicality which seems to have misguided his own life.
From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor
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