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Adam de la Halle

1245 - 1288

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Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère. Among the few medieval composers to write both monophonic and polyphonic music, in this respect he has been considered both a conservative and progressive composer, resulting in a complex legacy: he cultivated admired representatives of older trouvère genres, but also experimented with newer dramatic works. Adam represented the final generation of the trouvère tradition and "has long been regarded as one of the most important musical and literary figures of thirteenth-century Europe". Adam's literary and musical works include chansons and jeux-partis (poetic debates) in the style of the trouvères; polyphonic rondel and motets in the style of early liturgical polyphony; and a musical play, Jeu de Robin et Marion (c. 1282–83), which is considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adam de la Halle is the 584th most popular writer (up from 1,483rd in 2019), the 691st most popular biography from France (up from 1,722nd in 2019) and the 95th most popular French Writer.

Adam de la Halle is most famous for writing the first French opera, "Jeu de Robin et Marion."

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Among writers, Adam de la Halle ranks 584 out of 7,302. Before him are Washington Irving, Dimitrie Cantemir, Walther von der Vogelweide, John Donne, Ulrich von Hutten, and Bai Juyi. After him are Gaston Leroux, Patrick Süskind, Khaled al-Asaad, Bohumil Hrabal, Gérard de Nerval, and George Eliot.

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Among people born in 1245, Adam de la Halle ranks 2. Before him is Philip III of France. After him are Edmund Crouchback, Kunigunda of Halych, Nicholas of Tolentino, Roger of Lauria, Al-Adil Kitbugha, and Ma Duanlin. Among people deceased in 1288, Adam de la Halle ranks 1. After him are Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, Leszek II the Black, Agnes of Dampierre, Matilda of Holstein, and Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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Among people born in France, Adam de la Halle ranks 691 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Jaurès (1859), Peter the Hermit (1050), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Judith of Bavaria (797), Robert Bresson (1901), and Marie Tussaud (1761). After him are Hugh the Great (898), Gaston Leroux (1868), Jacques Anquetil (1934), Yolande de Polastron (1749), Francis Picabia (1879), and Jérôme Lalande (1732).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Adam de la Halle ranks 95. Before him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Camille Flammarion (1842), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), Frontinus (30), and Alfred Jarry (1873). After him are Gaston Leroux (1868), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Georges Perec (1936), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Alfred de Musset (1810), and Ausonius (310).

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