Philippe de Vitry
(October 31, 1291 - June 9, 1361)
Composer, music theorist and poet French.
He was the theoretician of the Ars nova as well as an innovative and influential composer.
He was born in Paris and news about the early years of his life are missing. Since his name is often preceded by the call of Magister , is thought to have studied University of Paris. Later he was at the courts of Charles IV , Philippe VI and Jean II as Secretary of the king. Following the good offices to put in place an alliance with the Bourbons , obtained by the Kings in the territories of other benefits Clermont, Beauvais , and Paris. For some years he was also at the court papal of Avignon in the service of Pope Clement VI . On top of that was also diplomat and soldier . In 1351 he became bishop of Meaux, east of Paris. Attending the most important religious circles, political and artistic, he came into contact with more great period which Petrarca and the famous mathematician, philosopher and music theorist Nicole Oresme . After a life full of honors and merits, de Vitry died in Paris at the age of 70 years.
Vitry is famous in the history of music for writing the 'Ars Nova 1320, a treatise on music will give the name to an entire musical era, the fact of ' Ars nova . While his authority and the importance of his treatise has recently been questioned, many of his works have survived him and demonstrate the innovation he brings in notation , particularly mensural and rhythm, of which he was credited for more than a century. Such innovations as exemplified in the motet Roman de Fauvel , were very important and made possible the complex compositions that were written over the next hundred years. In every way the modern system of notation and rhythms derived ARSIA Nova.
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