cobla

Troubadour verse unit

A cobla is a traditional Catalan instrumental ensemble, typically comprising eleven or twelve musicians playing wind and percussion instruments.

The cobla accompanies the sardana, Catalonia's national folk dance, performed in circles at festivals and public gatherings.

The cobla played in the town square while dancers joined hands.

musical

sardana

Catalan circle dance

dance music · traditional · eleven · players · melody · accompaniment · harmony · rhythm · Barcelona · folklore

poetic

troubadour

Medieval Provençal lyric poet

poetry · rhyme scheme · lyric · canso · composition · lines · structure · metrical · literary · courtly love

Categories
Opposites
poetic structure

coblafree verse

Poetry without fixed structure

prose poetry · prose · stream of consciousness · automatic writing · blank verse

musical-poetic tradition

coblaspoken word

Poetry delivered aloud

slam poetry · folk ballad · oral poetry

musical ensemble type

coblasolo performance

Unaccompanied artistic presentation

symphony orchestra · DJ set · string quartet · digital music · rock band

Family

couplet

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