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Philippe de Vitry

1291 - 1361

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Philippe de Vitry (31 October 1291 – 9 June 1361) was a French composer-poet, bishop and music theorist in the ars nova style of late medieval music. An accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, he was widely acknowledged as a leading musician of his day; the early Renaissance scholar Petrarch wrote a glowing tribute, calling him: "... the keenest and most ardent seeker of truth, so great a philosopher of our age." The important music treatise Ars nova notandi (1322) is usually attributed to Vitry. It is thought that few of Vitry's compositions survive; though he wrote secular music, only his sacred works are extant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe de Vitry is the 229th most popular composer (down from 197th in 2019), the 1,013th most popular biography from France (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Composer.

Philippe de Vitry is most famous for being a composer of polyphonic music in the 13th century.

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Among composers, Philippe de Vitry ranks 229 out of 1,451. Before him are Andrea Gabrieli, Ludwig Minkus, Fromental Halévy, Benedetto Marcello, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, and Lili Boulanger. After him are Ernest Bloch, Ernest Chausson, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Scott Joplin, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Carl Reinecke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1291, Philippe de Vitry ranks 3. Before him are Pope Clement VI, and Afonso IV of Portugal. After him are Aymon, Count of Savoy, Lippo Memmi, Cangrande I della Scala, and Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah. Among people deceased in 1361, Philippe de Vitry ranks 3. Before him are Jean Buridan, and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. After him are Johannes Tauler, Philip I, Duke of Burgundy, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, Ingeborg of Norway, María de Padilla, Blanche of Bourbon, An-Nasir Hasan, and Giovanni Dolfin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe de Vitry ranks 1,013 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Perrin (1941), Caterina Valente (1931), Lili Boulanger (1893), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), and Chilperic I (539). After him are Roger Etchegaray (1922), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Robert Doisneau (1912), Joseph Liouville (1809), Georges Bernanos (1888), and Louis Desaix (1768).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Philippe de Vitry ranks 37. Before him are Michel Legrand (1932), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Pauline Viardot (1821), Fromental Halévy (1799), and Lili Boulanger (1893). After him are Ernest Chausson (1855), Albert Roussel (1869), Marcel Dupré (1886), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Cécile Chaminade (1857), and Francis Lai (1932).

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