Gautier d'Espinal

Who is Gautier d'Espinal?

Gautier d'Espinal was a French composer and trouvère poet of the 13th century.

While details of his life are lacking, some documents of the time mention a Gautier d'Espinal active between 1232 and 1272, but it is uncertain if this is the trouvère, as some of the songs attributed to him suggest an earlier date. Most likely Gautier was one of the seigneurs of the city of Epinal.

His work was popular and widely distributed, with some of his compositions appearing in more than six separate source documents. Fourteen songs survive with reliable attribution to Gautier; eleven of them include music.