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Adam de la Halle

1245 - 1288

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Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère. Among the few medieval composers to write both monophonic and polyphonic music, in this respect he has been considered both a conservative and progressive composer, resulting in a complex legacy: he cultivated admired representatives of older trouvère genres, but also experimented with newer dramatic works. Adam represented the final generation of the trouvère tradition and "has long been regarded as one of the most important musical and literary figures of thirteenth-century Europe".Adam's literary and musical works include chansons and jeux-partis (poetic debates) in the style of the trouvères; polyphonic rondel and motets in the style of early liturgical polyphony; and a musical play, Jeu de Robin et Marion (c. 1282–83), which is considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam de la Halle has received more than 533,143 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Adam de la Halle is the 1,352nd most popular writer (down from 578th in 2019), the 1,560th most popular biography from France (down from 666th in 2019) and the 194th most popular French Writer.

Adam de la Halle is most famous for writing the first French opera, "Jeu de Robin et Marion."

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

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  • 4.20

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Adam de la Halle ranks 1,352 out of 5,755Before him are Samuel R. Delany, Daniel Pennac, Ibn Khallikan, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, James Oliver Curwood, and Ubertino of Casale. After him are Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Edward Albee, Norman Mailer, Diana Gabaldon, Callinus, and Oribasius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1245, Adam de la Halle ranks 3Before him are Philip III of France and Kunigunda of Halych. After him are Nicholas of Tolentino, Roger of Lauria, Edmund Crouchback, and Ma Duanlin. Among people deceased in 1288, Adam de la Halle ranks 2Before him is Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg. After him are Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, Leszek II the Black, Agnes of Dampierre, Matilda of Holstein, and Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adam de la Halle ranks 1,560 out of 6,011Before him are Guy de Chauliac (1300), Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594), Claude Garamond (1499), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), and Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319). After him are Arman (1928), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Liane de Pougy (1869), Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165), Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (1360), and Adalbert of Magdeburg (910).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Adam de la Halle ranks 194Before him are Émile Gaboriau (1832), Roland Topor (1938), Clément Marot (1495), Monique Wittig (1935), Xavier de Maistre (1763), and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911). After him are Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Tomi Ungerer (1931), Henry de Montherlant (1895), Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880), Philippe Soupault (1897), and Thoinot Arbeau (1520).