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Category:	Medieval Music
Name:	Perotin
Birth Year:	c. 1160
Death Year:	c. 1238
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Perotin Artist Song Name Composer Composition Instrument Perotin was a successor of the composer Leonin in later 12th century Paris, active in his revision of the latter's Magnus Liber and in the composition of organum, discant and conductus, as polyphonic practices in Western music developed. Examples of four-voice and three-voice organa by Perotin survive, representing a significant advance in polyphonic technique. Organum, in its simplest form, consisted of the addition at first of a parallel part, at the distance of a fourth or fifth, to an original plainchant melody. By the 12th century the additional melodic lines were no mere parallel additions to the original but of greater rhythmic and melodic variety, based, as before, on the underlying original plainchant of the traditional Catholic liturgy. [Adapted from HNH International] The Great Books: Perotin Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Perotin. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Medieval Music. Post Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books.
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