WRITER

Guillaume de Machaut

1300 - 1377

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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. His dominance of the genre is such that modern musicologists use his death to separate the ars nova from the subsequent ars subtilior movement. Regarded as the most significant French composer and poet of the 14th century, he is often seen as the century's leading European composer. Machaut, one of the earliest European composers on whom considerable biographical information is available, has an unprecedented amount of surviving music, in part due to his own involvement in his manuscripts' creation and preservation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume de Machaut is the 301st most popular writer (up from 315th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from France (up from 364th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Writer.

Guillaume de Machaut is most famous for composing the Messe de Nostre Dame in the 14th century.

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Among writers, Guillaume de Machaut ranks 301 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfonso X of Castile, Paul Auster, Karen Blixen, Alphonse Daudet, François de La Rochefoucauld, and Frans Eemil Sillanpää. After him are Arthur Miller, Shams Tabrizi, Czesław Miłosz, Alberto Moravia, Chrétien de Troyes, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

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Among people born in 1300, Guillaume de Machaut ranks 1. After him are Nilüfer Hatun, Nogai Khan, Yekuno Amlak, Gaykhatu, Khutughtu Khan Kusala, William of Villehardouin, Johannes Tauler, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Jani Beg, Baydu, and Al-Mustansir. Among people deceased in 1377, Guillaume de Machaut ranks 2. Before him is Edward III of England. After him are Algirdas, Frederick the Simple, Urus Khan, Vladislav I of Wallachia, Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden, and Al-Ashraf Sha'ban.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume de Machaut ranks 337 out of 6,770. Before him are John I of France (1316), Alphonse Daudet (1840), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), William Longsword (893), Elisabeth of France (1602), and Édouard Daladier (1884). After him are Chlothar I (498), Salome Zourabichvili (1952), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), and Adolphe Thiers (1797).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Guillaume de Machaut ranks 50. Before him are Prosper Mérimée (1803), Germaine de Staël (1766), Pierre Corneille (1606), Patrick Modiano (1945), Alphonse Daudet (1840), and François de La Rochefoucauld (1613). After him are Chrétien de Troyes (1135), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Antonin Artaud (1896), Héloïse (1101), and François Mauriac (1885).

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