Guillaume de Machaut was a French composer and poet who lived from around 1300 to 1377 and is considered one of the most important musical figures of the medieval period. He matters because he pioneered new musical forms and techniques that helped shape the development of Western music, and his works—which blended sophisticated poetry with complex melodies—remain influential examples of medieval artistic achievement.
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纪尧姆·德·马肖(法語:Guillaume de Machaut,约1300年-1377年4月),法国中世纪作曲家、诗人。曾任职于多位贵族的宫廷。他是中世纪的文化名人之一,“新艺术”(Ars Nova)的主要实践者之一,被誉为“最后一位同时又是作曲家的伟大诗人”。
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Guillaume de Machaut, sometimes spelt Machault (c.1300–1377), was an important mediaeval French poet and composer. Guilllaume de Machaut was "the last great poet who was also a composer," in the words of the scholar Daniel Leech-Wilkinson. Well into the fifteenthth century, Machaut's poetry was greatly admired and imitated by other poets including Geoffrey Chaucer. Machaut is also the most celebrated composer of the 14th century; he composed in a wide range of styles and forms and his output w
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