FIGURE 11.2 Troubadour Song: “I Never Died for Love”
This music is the first part of a song written by troubadour poet Peire Vidal sometime between 1175 and 1205. It has been adapted here for the treble clef. There is no time signature, but the music may easily be played by calculating one beat for each note, except for the two-note slurs, which fit into one beat together. (From Samuel N. Rosenberg, Margaret Switten, and Gerard Le Vot, eds., Songs of the Troubadours and Trouvères. Copyright © 1997 by Samuel N. Rosenberg, Margaret Switten, and Gerard Le Vot. Reprinted by permission of Taylor & Francis / Garland Publishing, http://www.taylorandfrancis.com.)