Raimon Vidal de Bezaudun

thumb| Raimon Vidal de Bezaudu(n) (Catalan: Ramon Vidal de Besalú; fl. early 13th century) was a Catalan troubadour from Besalú. He is notable for authoring the first tract in a Romance language (Occitan) on the subject of grammar and poetry, the Razós de trobar (c. 1210), a title which translates as "Reasons (or Guidelines) of troubadour composition". He began his career as a joglar and he spent his formative years at the court of Hug de Mataplana, which he often recalls fondly in his poems and songs. Quotes La parladura Francesca val mais et [es] plus avinenz a far romanz e pasturellas; mas cella de Lemozin val mais per far vers et cansons et serventés; et per totas las terras de nostre lengage son de major autoritat li cantar de la lenga Lemosina que de negun'autra parladura, per qu'ieu vos en parlarai primeramen. The French language is worthier and better suited for romances and pastourelles; but [the language] from Limousin is of greater value for writing poems and cançons and sirventés; and across the whole of the lands where our tongue is spoken, the literature in the Limousin language has more authority than any other dialect, wherefore I shall use this name in priority. Razós de trobar (c. 1210), in Joseph Anglade, Grammaire de l'ancien provençal ou ancienne langue d'oc: phonétique et morphologie (Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1921) p. 7 External links Category:Poets from Spain Category:People from Catalonia