The canso or canson or canzo was a song style used by the troubadours. It was, by far, the most common genre used, especially by early troubadours, and only in the second half of the 13th century was its dominance challenged by a growing number of poets writing coblas esparsas.
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Partially Attested
Place of OriginSource names the canso as a troubadour song style; Occitania is inferred from the Old Occitan name and no place of origin is stated. Notable ExampleCan vei la lauzeta mover by Bernart de Ventadorn 1 Defining TraitStanzas all having the same sequence of verses 1 Connections
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Canso (song)
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was a song style used by the troubadours
Notable examples
Can vei la lauzeta mover is probably the most famous canso ever written
Structure
a canso is made of stanzas all having the same sequence of verses
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