Léonin

Léonin was the first known significant composer of polyphonic organum. He was probably French, probably lived and worked in Paris at the Notre-Dame Cathedral and was the earliest member of the Notre Dame school of polyphony and the ars antiqua style who is known by name, thanks to the writer known as Anonymous IV.

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Who was born first?

• Léonin was born 3 years before Guiraut de Bornelh
• Léonin was born 5 years before Comtesse de Die
• Léonin was born 15 years before Conon de Béthune
• Léonin was born 20 years before Pérotin
• Léonin was born 20 years before Raimbaut de Vaqueiras

Timeline

1. Léonin (this page)circa 1135 – circa 1201
2. Guiraut de Bornelhcirca 1138 – 1215
3. Comtesse de Diecirca 1140 – circa 1200
4. Conon de Béthunecirca 1150 – 1219
5. Pérotincirca 1155 – circa 1230
6. Raimbaut de Vaqueiras1155 – September 4, 1207

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