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The Making of Music

Factual: History

Music: Classical

Making of Music

A series chronicling the influences that affected the course of classical music

A series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music

The Making of Music: Series 1

The Making of Music: Series 1: Episode 3: Troubadours

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Episode 3

Episode 3: Troubadours

Series 1

Troubadours

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Making of Music, Series 1, Troubadours

In courts and great houses, the troubadours wrote secular songs of love and jealousy.

In courts and great houses, the troubadours wrote secular songs of love, jealousy and betrayal. History with James Naughtie.

James Naughtie discovers how history has shaped the development of classical music. Across Europe in courts and great houses, music was beginning to celebrate the human as well as the divine. The Troubadours wrote songs of love, jealousy and betrayal.

Reader: Benedict Cumberbatch
Produced by Rosie Boulton, Sara Conkey, Lunt Lunt

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Series chronicling the influences that affected the course of classical music

Series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music

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