The following paper was originally posted to rec.music.early. I have set it in PostScript for my use, changing only the oddities of ascii typesetting. The original newsgroup posting is available where you got this:
ftp://triples.math.mcgill.ca/pub/rags/ragstriples.html ftp://triples.math.mcgill.ca/pub/rags/music/trobador.txt.gz Any corrections in the transcription should be sent to me,
rags@math.mcgill.ca. Other comments perhaps should go to rec.music.early or to trobador himself.

= rags =

Article 13200 of rec.music.early:
From: Trobador@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.early
Subject: Troubadours & Instruments (long)
Date: 13 Jan 1995 15:04:49 +0100
Lines: 337

A re-post, since this apparently was only received by a few people the first time. I have refrained from removing the Wordstar printer codes | they have a nostalgia value.1

The article originally appeared in Historical Performance.

Trobador

1I have of course removed them|I hope correctly! - rags.