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| 1. | a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 mi. (200 km) long. |
| 2. | a department in NE France. 284,823; 2327 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Troyes. |
| Aube (ōb) A river of northeast France flowing about 225 km (140 mi) to the Seine River north-northwest of Troyes. |
aube
in the music of the troubadours, the 11th- and 12th-century poet-musicians of southern France, a song of lament for lovers parting at dawn or of a watchman's warning to lovers at dawn. A song of the latter type sometimes takes the form of a dialogue between a watchman and a lover. Some sources consider the alba an early form of an aubade, though unlike the alba an aubade is usually a celebration of the dawn. Examples of albas for which music also survives include Reis glorios by Giraut de Bornelh (c. 1140-c. 1200) and the anonymous Gaite de la tor. The minnesingers, the German counterparts of the troubadours, also used the form, calling it Tagelied ("day song").
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