Le Jeu de Robin et Marion
I was thinking about what to write today and then I remembered an essay I wrote for music history class last semester. I thought of publishing it here because it was quite an interesting subject, but since it was music, I thought of searching youtube to see what I got as example. Then I came across this marvelous video of some TV show called Robin and Marian , which I did not know until that very moment. Check it out below (and read the essay, if you feel like it). I am seriously thinking of making a cover of this song with my acoustic guitar - it's a piece of poetry! “ Le Jeu de Robin et Marion ” is perhaps the earliest secular musical drama known to history. Written in the latter part of the 13 th century (around 1283 or 1284), the work was composed for the entertainment of the court of Robert II, count of Artois. It consists of a dramatized pastorelle (a lyric depicting an amorous encounter between a shepherdess and a roving knight) 1 and a dramatized bergerie (a lyric
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A: So, are you coming to the halloween party?
B: Are you kidding? It's the highlight of my yearly social calendar!
A: So i take it you already have a costume?
B: Yes, i'm going to be a gypsy.
A: Fascinating. What kind of a gypsy?
B: What do you mean, what kind? A gypsy costume is a gypsy costume. You've seen them; they're kind of like pirates, but with more gold and ruffles, and they live in wagons instead of ships.
A: Thank you for educating me!
B: Any time. So, what are you going as?
A: Well, i was going to go as Catwoman, but i find your idea of impersonating another ethnicity highly inspiring. I think i'll go as a Gadje.
B: A what?
A: A person who is not Romani, a non-gypsy. Generally understood to be a member of the majority white population.
B: That's weird. That doesn't sound like fun. You can't really dress up…and you sound kind of angry.
A: So in your culture, dressing up as another identity means you're angry at them?
B: That's not what i said. Why are you hispanics always so defensive?
A: I'm not hispanic!
B: Sorry, "latino".
A: I'm not latino, either. But i'm going to have a lot of fun with my costume. I find white Americans very exotic, in a lightly seductive way. They're kind of like the English, but instead of tea and crumpets they all drink coca-cola and eat grilled cheese sandwiches. It's really no wonder you all have such poor nutrition.
B: What the hell are you talking about?
A: I'm joking about your culture. I have read many books and made some astute observations. I have to go make my costume now. It will be sooo authentic.