COMPOSER

Philippe de Vitry

1291 - 1361

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Philippe de Vitry (31 October 1291 – 9 June 1361) was a French composer-poet, bishop and music theorist in the ars nova style of late medieval music. An accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, he was widely acknowledged as a leading musician of his day; the early Renaissance scholar Petrarch wrote a glowing tribute, calling him: "... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe de Vitry has received more than 180,403 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe de Vitry is the 197th most popular composer (down from 196th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from France (down from 878th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Composer.

Philippe de Vitry is most famous for being a composer of polyphonic music in the 13th century.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Philippe de Vitry ranks 197 out of 1,451. Before him are Francis Lai, Witold Lutosławski, Anna Maria Mozart, Johann Stamitz, Umberto Giordano, and François-Joseph Gossec. After him are Johann Joachim Quantz, Ludwig Minkus, Niels Gade, Eugène Ysaÿe, André Grétry, and Alexander von Zemlinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1291, Philippe de Vitry ranks 3. Before him are Pope Clement VI, and Afonso IV of Portugal. After him are Aymon, Count of Savoy, Lippo Memmi, Cangrande I della Scala, and Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah. Among people deceased in 1361, Philippe de Vitry ranks 2. Before him is Jean Buridan. After him are Johannes Tauler, Philip I, Duke of Burgundy, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, María de Padilla, Blanche of Bourbon, An-Nasir Hasan, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Giovanni Dolfin, and Ingeborg of Norway.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe de Vitry ranks 943 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Christian Clavier (1952), Pierre Méchain (1744), Maria Malibran (1808), Carole Bouquet (1957), and Jacques Perrin (1941). After him are Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401), Martin Bucer (1491), Jeanne Baret (1740), Charles Maurras (1868), Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763), and Horace Vernet (1789).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Philippe de Vitry ranks 32. Before him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Darius Milhaud (1892), Pierre Boulez (1925), Michel Legrand (1932), Léonin (1135), and Francis Lai (1932). After him are Pauline Viardot (1821), Lili Boulanger (1893), Ernest Chausson (1855), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Albert Roussel (1869), and Pierre Schaeffer (1910).

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