The music starts at 8:57.
Alan-a-Dale was the narrator in the movie, and his character was based on the medieval troubadours. These were poet-musicians during the medieval period-the ancestor of our folk songs today. Popular during the 11th to 13th century, they roamed southern France and Northern Italy singing intricate lyrical poetry, often with complex rhyme and meter. The subjects of the songs usually involved courtly love or chivalry. The song form was highly poetic, with several Arabic-Muslim, German, and French influences. It was also monophonic, meaning that it was a single melody unaccompanied by other harmony, often composed by the troubadour himself. The most popular and recognized genre of troubadour music was called the Canso, or love song.
The oldest instrument Troubadours used was the human voice. They supported it with various flutes and neck-stringed instruments. Guitars were common in Spain, while harps and lyres were regularly used in Britain and Scandanavia.
These traveling minstrels entertained kings and royalty, as well as lords and nobles. Some knights and nobles became troubadours when they joined the crusades. The most common and famous of the traveling singing story-tellers were the Minstrels from France and the Minnesingers from Germany. The troubadours eventually became an elite group called the Trouveres.
Source: http://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-music/medieval-musicians/troubadours-medieval-musicians/
Originally sung by Nancy Adams and written by Floyd Huddleston and George Bruns, the song was nominated for best original song at the 46th Academy Awards.
I mostly just enjoy the message of the song, that when Life is done, Love is not.
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