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{{Short description|13th-century French trouvère}}
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'''Colin Muset''' (''fl''. ''c''. 1210&ndash;50 or 1230&ndash;70) was an [[Old French]] [[trouvère]] and a native of [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]]. He made his living in the [[Champagne (region)|Champagne]] by travelling from castle to castle singing songs of his own composition and playing the [[vielle]]. These are not confined to the praise of [[courtly love]] that formed the usual topic of the trouvères, but contain many details of a [[jongleur]]'s life.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Muset, Colin|volume=19|page=60}}</ref> His complete works are eighteen: nine attributed in [[chansonnier]]s, three self-referencing, and six whose attributions are based on modern scholarship (one of which is held to be mis-attributed in the manuscripts). Twenty one poems credited to him were edited and published by [[Joseph Bédier]] in 1912 (Paris). Two further editions appeared in 2005: one by Callahan and Rosenberg with translations into modern French, and, with translations into Italian, an edition by [[Massimiliano Chiamenti]], which reduced his authentic [[text corpus|corpus]] to sixteen poems. Oxford Music online (effectively New Grove 2001), lists 12 songs.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Falck |first=Robert |year=2001 |encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]] |title=Muset, Colin |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford, England |accessdate=3 December 2020 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.19397 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000019397 }}</ref> Nine of his poems have surviving music. Seven are ''chansons jongleuresques'', that is, songs describing the life of a jongleur. His three ''[[serventois]]'' condemn the avarice of the nobility, but his moralising is balanced by self-deprecating humour. He also wrote two ''[[descort]]s'', one ''[[Lai (poetic form)|lai]]'', and one cynical ''[[tenso]]n'' with [[Jacques d'Amiens]].

One of his patrons was Agnès de [[Duchy of Bar|Bar]], [[List of Lorrainian royal consorts#House of Ardennes-Metz, 1047–1453|duchess of Lorraine]].<ref name="EB1911"/>

The nickname "Muset" may derive from his inspiration ("[[muse]]") or from his habit of ''muser'' (wandering about, wasting time).

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
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* Joseph Bédier, ''Les chansons de Colin Muset''. 2nd edition, Classiques français du Moyen Age (Paris: H. Champion, 1938).
* Christopher J. Callahan, and Samuel N. Rosenberg, ''Les chansons de Colin Muset: textes et mélodies'' (Paris: Champion, 2005).
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== External links ==
* {{IMSLP|Muset, Colin|Colin Muset}}

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