Throughout time, love has been a constant theme in music, literature and cinema. Love is perhaps one of the most obvious emotions to depict and it can often be described as sensual, sexual, spiritual or mystical and divine. The tradition of courtly love began in the 12th century with the traveling songs of troubadours and trouvères across Europe. Their love songs were the source of all Western vernacular poetry, and over time they became the popular song of the 15th and 16th centuries. Perhaps the most common theme in Burgundian, Parisian and international songs is that of beautiful love or refined love. Due to the influence of culture and the progression of time, the song's subject matter and compositional style changed as it traveled through Burgundy, Paris and eventually spread to the international. Burgundian song, also known as Netherlandish, is the secular song of the Low Countries, which today includes Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. This style of song comes from the older traditions of the troubadours and trouvères of the Middle Ages. These songs were specially written to please the court of the four great dukes of the West, cousins ​​of the King of France: Philip the Bold, John the Fearless, Charles the Bold and Philip the Good. Kemp eloquently describes the Burgundian song style as "a tapestry woven not only from the dominant stylistic threads of French and Flemish composers, but also from the interactive artistry of English, Swiss, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese musicians..." While Burgundian song is in certain respects, the traditions of troubadours and trouvères continue with the dominant themes of courtly love, the texts o...... middle of paper ......t. UDKC60710287. 1994. Online via Naxos.Lute Society of America, The. “Susanne one day.” Dartmouth University. www.cs.dartmouth.edu (accessed May 5, 2014). Miller, Leta Ellen. “The Songs of French Provincial Composers, 1530-1550: A Study of Stylistic Tendencies Volume 1.” Doctoral dissertation, Stanford University, 1977. proquest.com (accessed May 1, 2014). Munrow, David. “The art of courtly love.” Oxford Journals vol. 1, No.4 (1973), jstor.org (accessed May 5, 2014). Roden, Timothy. Anthology of Music in Western Civilization. Boston: Schurmer Cenegage Learning, 2010. Sermisy, Claudin de. “I have no more affection.” In Antology of Renaissance Music, ed. Allan W. Atlas. New York: WW Norton & Company, 1998. Sermisy, Claudin de. Les Cris de Paris songs by Janequin and Sermisy. Clément Janequin Ensemble. ocm36863959. 1981. Compact disc.