Marchetto da Padova
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Italian music theorist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- fl. 1305
- Died
- 1326
- Works
- 4
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Marchetto da Padova (Marchettus of Padua; b. 1274?; fl. 1305 – 1319) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the late medieval era. His innovations in notation of time-values were fundamental to the music of the Italian ars nova, as was his work on defining the modes and refining tuning. In addition, he was the first music theorist to discuss chromaticism. Most likely he was born in Padua. Little is known about his life, but he is recorded as being music teacher for the choirboys at the c
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Padua
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- music theory
- Movement
- medieval music
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- date of death
- 1400-00-00
- date of birth
- 1274-00-00
- birth name
- Marchetto da Padova
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