Dame de Gosnai explained

Dame de Gosnai (fl. 1200s CE) was a woman trouvère.^[1] She was a member of the Puy d'Arras, a society dedicated to competitions between courtly trouvères in 13th century Arras (in modern-day France).^{[2] [3] [4]} Her most famous work is a jeu-parti (a composition, usually in the form of a debate, written by two trouvères as interlocutors, who compose alternating verses) known "Dame de Gosnai, gardez".^{[5] [6]} Her interlocutor was the trouvère Gillebert de Berneville.

Bibliography

• Book: Berger, Roger. Littérature et société arrageoises au XIIIe siècle: Les chansons et dits artésiens. 1981. Commission Départementale des Monuments Historiques du Pas-de-Calais. Arras.
• Book: Doss-Quinby, Eglal. Songs of the Women Trouvères. 2001. Yale UP. New Haven. 0-300-08413-7. Joan Tasker Grimbert . Wendy Pfeffer . Elizabeth Aubrey .

Notes and References

1. Doss-Quinby 26.
2. Berger 113.
3. Book: Briscoe, James R. . NHAMW . 2004-08-11 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-21683-0 . en.
4. Book: Randel, Don Michael . The Harvard Dictionary of Music: Fourth Edition . 2003-11-28 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-01163-2 . en.
5. Book: Dell, Helen . Desire by Gender and Genre in Trouvère Song . 2008 . Boydell & Brewer Ltd . 978-1-84384-164-7 . en.
6. Book: Doss-Quinby . Eglal . Songs of the Women Trouvères . Aubrey . Elizabeth . Grimbert . Joan Tasker . Pfeffer . Wendy . 2008-10-01 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-13375-2 . en.