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Pérotin
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Pérotin () was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader musical style of high medieval music. He is credited with developing the polyphonic practices of his predecessor Léonin, with the introduction of three and four-part harmonies.
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Pérotin was a male composer and musicologist born in Paris in 1155. He was a citizen of the Kingdom of France and spoke Latin. His work is associated with the medieval music movement and the ars antiqua genre. He is also described as a polyphonic and early music artist within the classical tradition.
Pérotin died on January 1, 1230, in the Kingdom of France. He is recognized as a person in the MusicBrainz database, which lists his country as France. His artistic output includes one recorded work.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1160
- Active to
- 1230
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42,182
- Total plays
- 214,255
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Pérotin (fl. c. 1200) was a European composer, believed to be French, who lived around the end of the twelfth and beginning of the thirteenth century. He was the most famous member of the Notre Dame school of polyphony. He was one of very few composers of his day whose name has been preserved, and can be reliably attached to individual compositions; this is due to the testimony of an anonymous English student at Notre Dame known as Anonymous IV, who wrote about him. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Key facts
- Person.name
- Pérotin
- Person.other_names
- Perotinus, Perrotinus, Perotinus Magnus, Magister Perotinus
- Person.occupation
- Composer
- Person.known_for
- Polyphony
- Person.notable_works
- Viderunt omnes, Sederunt principes, Alleluia Nativitas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Kingdom of France
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Movement
- medieval music
- Image
- Pérotin photo.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1155-00-00
- date of death
- 1230-01-01
- name in native language
- Pérotin
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Pérotin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Identity and career
- Historical context
- Notre Dame School
- ''Magnus liber organi''
- Music
- Forms and style
- Compositions
- Works
- Influence
- Recordings
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Pérotin () was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader musical style of high medieval music. He is credited with developing the polyphonic practices of his predecessor Léonin, with the introduction of three and four-part harmonies.
Other than a brief mention by music theorist Johannes de Garlandia in his De Mensurabili Musica, virtually all information on Pérotin's life comes from Anonymous IV, a pseudonymous English student who probably studied in Paris. Anonymous IV names seven titles from a Magnus Liber—including Viderunt omnes, Sederunt principes and Alleluia Nativitas—that have been identified with surviving works and gives him the title Magister Perotinus (Pérotinus the Master), meaning he was licensed to teach. It is assumed that Perotinus was French and named Pérotin, a diminutive of Peter, but attempts to match him with persons in contemporary documents remain speculative.
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