Blacasset

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Blacasset, Blacassetz, Blacssetz, or Blachessetz (fl. 1233–1242Aubrey, 23.) was a Provençal troubadour of the noble family of the Blacas, lords of Aulps, in the Empire. He was probably a son of the troubadour Blacatz, as his vida alleges, though this has come into doubt.Egan, 23. He was also distantly related to Charles I of Naples and Raymond Berengar IV of Provence. According to his vida, he was like his father in merit, good deeds, and munificence, and also reputed to be a good lover.

"Blacasset" is a diminutive of his father's name ({{langx|la|Blacacius}}). A document of 1238 (two years after his father's death) mentions three sons of the elder Blacatz, two of which were named Blacacius. Blacasset was not a professional troubadour, but, like his father, an amateur. Eleven of his works survive, three sirventes, four cansos, and four coblas, including one single-stanza canso with a melody in F major, {{lang|pro|Ben volgra quem venques merces}}. This song was appended to a manuscript of the chansonnier du roi of Theobald I of Navarre in the early fourteenth-century.Aubrey, 232. This is known as troubadour manuscript W or trouvère manuscript M. Among his other works are:

• {{lang|pro|A Lunel lutz una luna luzens}}, a tenso with Guilhem de Montanhagol in the trobar clus style about a lady, Guiza (Gauzeranda) de Lunel
• {{lang|pro|Lo bels douz temps mi platz}}, a sirventes he wrote for the conte de Proensa (count of Provence)Bertoni, 128. Found in the chansonnier of Bernart Amoros.
• {{lang|pro|De guerra fi desiros}}
• {{lang|pro|Mos voler es quez eu m' eslanz}}