Léonin

Alias: Leoninus

Life

Born: ca. 1140

Died: ca. 1201

Biography:

"The first known significant composer of polyphonic organum" (Wikipedia). Writing in the 1270's, the English scribe known as "Anonymous IV" credits Magister Leoninus with founding the School of Notre-Dame and composing the bulk of a Magnum Liber, a 'great book' whose repertory can now be reconstructed from three surviving collections. He is now identified with the Magister Leonius presbyter active from 1163 and who appears to have died in 1201.

View the Wikipedia article on Léonin.

List of choral works

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External links

• Works by Léonin in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)