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Hucbald

840 - 930

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Hucbald (c. 840 or 850 – 20 June 930; also Hucbaldus or Hubaldus) was a Benedictine monk active as a music theorist, poet, composer, teacher, and hagiographer. He was long associated with Saint-Amand Abbey, so is often known as Hucbald of St Amand. Deeply influenced by Boethius' De Institutione Musica, Hucbald's (De) Musica, formerly known as De harmonica institutione, aims to reconcile ancient Greek music theory and the contemporary practice of Gregorian chant with the use of many notated examples. Among the leading music theorists of the Carolingian era, he was likely a near contemporary of Aurelian of Réôme, the unknown author of the Musica enchiriadis, and the anonymous authors of other music theory texts Commemoratio brevis, Alia musica, and De modis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hucbald is the 785th most popular composer (down from 688th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 361st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Belgian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hucbald ranks 785 out of 1,451. Before him are Charles Villiers Stanford, Johann Baptist Cramer, Brian Tyler, Thomas Newman, Antonín Vranický, and Stanley Myers. After him are Gaspar Cassadó, Gottfried von Einem, Karl Michael Ziehrer, Jan Václav Voříšek, Gaetano Pugnani, and Rued Langgaard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Hucbald ranks 10. Before him are Svatopluk I of Moravia, Richardis, Notker the Stammerer, Wilfred the Hairy, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, and Eudokia Ingerina. After him is Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 930, Hucbald ranks 6. Before him are Rollo, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Emperor Daigo, Lestek, and Ibn Wahshiyya. After him are Guy, Margrave of Tuscany, and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hucbald ranks 415 out of 1,190. Before him are Jean-Marc Bosman (1964), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Paul de Man (1919), Marie Popelin (1846), Herman Van Springel (1943), and Joos de Momper (1564). After him are Didier Reynders (1958), Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), Lucien Buysse (1892), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), and Dries Mertens (1987).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Hucbald ranks 26. Before him are Philippe Herreweghe (1947), Johannes Ciconia (1370), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Giaches de Wert (1535), and Joseph Jongen (1873). After him are Peter Benoit (1834), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Wim Mertens (1953), Philippe de Monte (1521), and Henri Pousseur (1929).

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