Aimeric de Peguilhan

Aimeric's first patron was Raimon V of Toulouse, followed by his son Raimon VI. However, he fled the region at the threat of the Albigensian Crusade and spent some ten years in Northern Italy. It is said that he had secretly loved a neighbour while living in Toulouse, and that it was for her that he returned.

Aimeric is known to have composed at least fifty works, the music for six of which survives:

• Atressi•m pren com fai al jogador
• Cel que s'irais ni guerre' ab amor
• En Amors trop alques en que•m refraing
• En greu pantais m'atengut longamen
• Per solatz d'autrui chan soven
• Qui la vi en ditz

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