Philippe de Vitry
October 31, 1291 –June 9, 1361
Composer, Music theorist, Musicologist, Writer, Poet, Philosopher
Lived 69 years
- Born in
- Paris
- Passed away in
- Meaux
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.
Notable works: Ars nova musicae, Motets, Le chapel des trois fleurs de lis, Le dit de franc Gonthier
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Vitry