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Guillaume de Machaut (born c. 1300, Machault, Fr.—died 1377, Reims) was a French poet and musician, greatly admired by contemporaries as a master of French versification and regarded as one of the leading French composers of the Ars Nova (q.v.) musical style of the 14th century.
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Guillaume de Machaut (French: [ɡijom də maʃo], Old French: [ɡiˈʎawmə də maˈtʃaw(θ)]; also Machau and Machault; c. 1300 – April 1377) was a French composer and poet who was the central figure of the ars nova style in late medieval music.
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Guillaume de Machaut's lyric output comprises around 400 poems, including 235 ballades, 76 rondeaux, 39 virelais, 24 lais, 10 complaintes, and 7 chansons royales, and Machaut did much to perfect and codify these fixed forms. Much of his lyric output is inserted in his narrative poems or "dits," such as Le Remède de Fortune (The Cure of Ill Fortune)...
Machaut was by far the most famous and influential composer of the fourteenth century. His secular song output includes monophonic lais and virelais, which continue, in updated forms, some of the tradition of the troubadours. However, his work in the polyphonic forms of the ballade and rondeauwas more significant historically, and he wrote the firs...
Earp, Lawrence. Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995. ISBN 0824023234Gleason, Harold, and Warren Becker. Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Bloomington, Indiana: Music Literature Outlines Series I.Hasenohr, Genevieve, and Michel Zinc, (eds.). Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: Le Moyen Age. Collection: La Pochothèque. Paris: Fayard, 1992.Hoppin, Richard H. Medieval Music. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1978. ISBN 0393090906All links retrieved June 20, 2024. 1. Guillaume de Machaut discography 2. Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300 - 1377)
May 23, 2018 · Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) was the greatest French composer of his century, the creator of the first complete polyphonic Mass setting, and a renowned poet. Guillaume de Machaut was born in the village of Machault in Champagne, near Reims.
Nov 21, 2023 · Guillaume de Machaut was a medieval French poet-composer. He is considered one of the most prolific and influential composers of his time.
- Innovations in rhythmic patterns, lyrical setting, melodic construction, and harmonic variation all were hallmarks of the Ars Nova style. Compositi...
- Ars Nova is a Western musical movement that began in 14th century Europe, and emphasized innovation over tradition. It was an important first step...
- Guillaume de Machaut is known for influencing generations of younger composers in the new Ars Nova style. He is also known to be a poetic influence...
- Guillaume de Machaut is known for his life and career of musical innovation. Often considered "avant-garde" in his time, he is most known for the d...
William the Conqueror may be best known for the 1066 Battle of Hastings in England and establishing a lasting monarchy there, but the English King’s heart was actually back in France. It is in Normandy in France where William was born, where he left his loving wife, and indeed where he died.
Guillaume Dufay (sometimes Du Fay or Du Fayt) (August 5, 1397 – November 27, 1474) was a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Medieval music/early Renaissance music period. As the central figure in the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential composer in Europe in the mid-fifteenth century.
