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Pérotin

1160 - 1230

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Pérotin (fl. c. 1200) was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader ars antiqua musical style of high medieval music. He is credited with developing the polyphonic practices of his predecessor Léonin, with the introduction of three and four-part harmonies. Other than a brief mention by music theorist Johannes de Garlandia in his De Mensurabili Musica, virtually all information on Pérotin's life comes from Anonymous IV, a pseudonymous English student who probably studied in Paris. Anonymous IV names seven titles from a Magnus Liber—including Viderunt omnes, Sederunt principes and Alleluia Nativitas—that have been identified with surviving works and gives him the title Magister Perotinus (Pérotinus the Master), meaning he was licensed to teach. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pérotin is the 141st most popular composer (down from 137th in 2019), the 620th most popular biography from France (up from 653rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Composer.

Pérotin is most famous for his organ masses.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pérotin ranks 141 out of 1,451. Before him are Daniel Auber, Fanny Mendelssohn, Édouard Lalo, John Field, Franz von Suppé, and Sofia Gubaidulina. After him are Giovanni Paisiello, Nicola Porpora, André Grétry, Johannes Ockeghem, Gregorio Allegri, and Alfred Newman.

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Among people born in 1160, Pérotin ranks 6. Before him are Pope Innocent III, Pope Gregory IX, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Muhammad of Ghor, and Ali ibn al-Athir. After him are Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Hartmann von Aue, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Dulce of Aragon, Arnaud Amalric, and Isaac the Blind. Among people deceased in 1230, Pérotin ranks 2. Before him is Börte. After him are Walther von der Vogelweide, Berengaria of Navarre, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Alfonso IX of León, Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, Pelagio Galvani, Margaret, Countess of Blois, Pietro Ziani, Benedetto Antelami, and Samuel ibn Tibbon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pérotin ranks 620 out of 6,770. Before him are Samuel de Champlain (1567), Boris Vian (1920), Albert Uderzo (1927), Paul Doumer (1857), Michel Piccoli (1925), and Caroline Bonaparte (1782). After him are Avitus (395), Charles de Foucauld (1858), Élisabeth of France (1764), Luc Besson (1959), Suzanne Valadon (1865), and Jules Michelet (1798).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Pérotin ranks 25. Before him are Léo Delibes (1836), Adolphe Adam (1803), Edgard Varèse (1883), Maurice Jarre (1924), Daniel Auber (1782), and Édouard Lalo (1823). After him are Darius Milhaud (1892), Paul Dukas (1865), Marin Marais (1656), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Léonin (1135), and Michel Legrand (1932).

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