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(La’-o-nan) fl. c. 1150–1201 French composer Leonin is thought to have compiled the Magnus liber organi (‘Great Book of Organum’) – the collection of polyphony for Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris – and to have composed at least some of it. Although no music is directly ascribed to him, it is possible that some of the works in a new ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

written much of the poetry that he set to music. Recommended Recording: Landini and Italian Ars Nova, Alla Francesca (Opus 111) Introduction | Medieval Era | Classical Personalities | Leonin | Medieval Era | Classical ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

(Pa-ro-tan’) fl. c. 1200 French composer Perotin was named by the theorist Anonymous IV as the reviser of the Magnus liber organi originally compiled by Leonin for Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. He stated that Perotin was a gifted composer of works in two, three and four parts, and some surviving pieces are directly attributable to him, for ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

of the Middle Ages. ‘Machaut himself declared that true song and poetry could come only from the heart.’ Donald Grout and Claude V. Palisca Leading Exponents Hildegard of Bingen Leonin Perotin Philippe de Vitry Guillaume de Machaut Francesco Landini Johannes Ciconia John Dunstable Guillaume Du Fay Gilles Binchois Medieval Style Unaccompanied chanted recitations of the liturgy in Latin, with ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer

In the second half of the twelfth century, the new cathedral of Notre Dame was the focus of an extraordinary effort by Leonin and others to create a whole new musical liturgy. Thanks to their efforts and to the presence of the increasingly independent University of Paris, whose curriculum was aimed towards ecclesiastical careers, the city became a ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

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Source: Led Zeppelin Revealed, by Jason Draper
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