Written polyphony (Notre-Dame school)
Polifonía escrita (organum de Notre-Dame y notación rítmica)
- Date
- c. 1170 · confidence medium
- Place
- Notre-Dame de Paris, France
- Credited to
- Léonin and Pérotin (Magnus Liber Organi)
- People
- 👤 Léonin1135–1201👤 Pérotin1155–1230
- Field
- Communication
What it is
The composition of several simultaneous, independent voices with notated rhythmic modes, culminating in four-voice organa. Composed music is born as an authored work.
What it led to
- the Ars Nova, the motet and Renaissance counterpoint
- Western harmony and orchestral music
- the concept of the fixed musical work and of the composer
Built on
- Staff musical notationc. 1025
- Staff musical notation
- Musica enchiriadis (c. 900)
Made possible
- Ars Nova
- counterpoint