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Philippe de Vitry
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1291
- Died
- 1361
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Ars Nova treatises attributed to Philippe de Vitry
- [Roman de Fauvel]
- Oeuvres de Philippe de Vitry
- Complete works
- Ars nova
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1291
- Active to
- 1361
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,632
- Total plays
- 45,021
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Philippe de Vitry (October 31, 1291 – June 9, 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was an accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, and may also have been the author of the Ars Nova treatise. He was born in Paris. Biographical details of his life are sketchy. Given that he is often referred to in documents as "Magister," he is thought likely to have studied at the University of Paris. Later he was prominent in the courts of Charles IV <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Meaux
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Languages spoken
- Old French
- Native language
- Old French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Genre
- ars nova
- Movement
- medieval music
- Image
- Philippe de Vitry - seal, 1349.jpg
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- date of death
- 1361-06-09
- Commons category
- Philippe de Vitry
- name in native language
- Philippe de Vitry
- date of birth
- 1293-10-31
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Philippe de Vitry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philippe de Vitry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.