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Léonin

1135 - 1201

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Léonin (also Leoninus, Leonius, Leo; fl. 1135–1201) was the first known significant composer of polyphonic organum. He was probably French, probably lived and worked in Paris at the Notre-Dame Cathedral and was the earliest member of the Notre Dame school of polyphony and the ars antiqua style who is known by name. The name Léonin is derived from "Leoninus", which is the Latin diminutive of the name Leo; therefore it is likely that Léonin's given French name was Léo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léonin is the 155th most popular composer (up from 167th in 2019), the 720th most popular biography from France (up from 786th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Composer.

Léonin is most famous for being the first composer to write polyphonic music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Léonin ranks 155 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Paul Dukas, Christopher Hogwood, Marin Marais, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, and François-Joseph Gossec. After him are Ottorino Respighi, George Enescu, César Cui, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Enrique Granados, and Iannis Xenakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1135, Léonin ranks 3. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes, and Inge I of Norway. After him are Joachim of Fiore, Bernart de Ventadorn, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Walter of Châtillon, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Judith of Thuringia, William of the White Hands, William I, Count of Boulogne, and Joscelin III, Count of Edessa. Among people deceased in 1201, Léonin ranks 1. After him are Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Absalon, Agnes of Merania, Theobald III, Count of Champagne, Bohemond III of Antioch, Igor Svyatoslavich, Walter of Châtillon, Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Bolesław I the Tall, Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, and Gerald of Wales.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léonin ranks 720 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Grévy (1807), René Lacoste (1904), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), René Lesson (1794), Ausonius (310), and Eugène Edine Pottier (1816). After him are Vincent Auriol (1884), Émile Picard (1856), Sebastian Brant (1458), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Raymond Aron (1905), and Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Léonin ranks 30. Before him are Édouard Lalo (1823), Pérotin (1160), Darius Milhaud (1892), Paul Dukas (1865), Marin Marais (1656), and Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760). After him are Michel Legrand (1932), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Pauline Viardot (1821), Fromental Halévy (1799), and Lili Boulanger (1893).

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