About Dame de Gosnai
Dame de Gosnai was a composer.
Dame de Gosnai (fl. 1200s CE) was a woman trouvère. She was a member of the Puy d'Arras, a society dedicated to competitions between courtly trouvères in 13th century Arras (in modern-day France).
Her most famous work is a jeu-parti (a composition, usually in the form of a debate, written by two trouvères as interlocutors, who compose alternating verses) known "Dame de Gosnai, gardez". Her interlocutor was the trouvère Gillebert de Berneville.
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French trouvère
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Dame de Gosnai. https://biography.guide/dame-de-gosnai/
MLA: "Dame de Gosnai." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/dame-de-gosnai/.
Chicago: "Dame de Gosnai." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/dame-de-gosnai/.
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