Pérotin - Biography
French composer of sacred music, the most highly acclaimed musical figure of the High Gothic period. Perotin worked in Paris, and was the most celebrated exponent of the School of Notre Dame, in which monophonic chant was elaborat... More »
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Pérotin ( fl. c. 1200), also called Perotin the Great , was a European composer, believed to be French, who lived around the end of the twelfth and beginning of the 13th century. He was the most ...
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Biography of the student of Léonin with major musical accomplishments from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music.
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Perotin (fl.c.1200) - A discography ... Virtually nothing is known of the life of Perotin (fl.c.1200), also called Magister Perotinus or Perotinus Magnus. ... Although Perotin is not believed to have been alone in this undertaking, his is the most prominent name associated with what was a seminal event in Western music.
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Perotin was a French composer of sacred music, and the most highly acclaimed musical figure of the High Gothic period. ... He composed mostly hymns & sequences, as well as some likely partial attributions of mass cycles (along with his older contemporary, Leonin). It was for his supreme mastery of ... Perotin Discography...
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Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] ... Perotin (or Magister Perotinus) was at the forefront of polyphony as it emerged in the twelfth century, together with Leonin (Magister Leoninus). Paul Hillier's scholarly sleeve notes describe the processes at work in his music far better than a short...
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The lives of Leonin and Perotin. HyperMusic History is an exploration of classical music history from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century; including the main periods, subtopics, forms, and composers important to Classical music. ... Leonin's compositions were based on the Gregorian chants. ... Music by Leonin...
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Composer. Known through references by the theorists Anonymous IV and Johannes de Garlandia (both mid-13th century). ... Thus, although no musical sources include attributions to Pérotin, it is possible to identify a small number of He also wrote 3- and 4-voiced organum,a major advance over the earlier 2-voiced organum.In fact,
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This page contains basic and accurate biographical information and links to essays about the Medieval composer Perotin. ... Little is known about the life of Perotin. His birth date is probably between 1155 and 1160 but his death date is unknown and can only be estimated. He worked in a church called "Beatae Mariae Virginis"
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