COMPOSER

Pérotin

1160 - 1230

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Pérotin (fl. c. 1200) was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader ars antiqua musical style of high medieval music. He is credited with developing the polyphonic practices of his predecessor Léonin, with the introduction of three and four-part harmonies. Other than a brief mention by music theorist Johannes de Garlandia in his De Mensurabili Musica, virtually all information on Pérotin's life comes from Anonymous IV, a pseudonymous English student who probably studied in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pérotin has received more than 394,922 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Pérotin is the 137th most popular composer (down from 125th in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from France (down from 551st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Composer.

Pérotin is most famous for his organ masses.

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  • 390k

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  • 66.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Pérotin ranks 137 out of 1,451. Before him are Domenico Cimarosa, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Johannes Ockeghem, Giovanni Gabrieli, César Cui, and Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart. After him are Anton Rubinstein, Marin Marais, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Édouard Lalo, George Enescu, and Jacob Obrecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1160, Pérotin ranks 6. Before him are Pope Innocent III, Pope Gregory IX, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Ali ibn al-Athir, and Muhammad of Ghor. After him are Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Arnaud Amalric, Hartmann von Aue, Dulce of Aragon, and Ma Yuan. Among people deceased in 1230, Pérotin ranks 3. Before him are Börte, and Berengaria of Navarre. After him are Walther von der Vogelweide, Alfonso IX of León, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, Pelagio Galvani, Margaret, Countess of Blois, Pietro Ziani, Benedetto Antelami, and Samuel ibn Tibbon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pérotin ranks 653 out of 6,770. Before him are Hugh the Great (898), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Ansgar (801), Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), and Marcel Lefebvre (1905). After him are Marin Marais (1656), Simone Veil (1927), Paul Mauriat (1925), Marie Tussaud (1761), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), and René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Pérotin ranks 22. Before him are Léo Delibes (1836), Francis Poulenc (1899), Adolphe Adam (1803), Arthur Honegger (1892), Daniel Auber (1782), and Maurice Jarre (1924). After him are Marin Marais (1656), Édouard Lalo (1823), Paul Dukas (1865), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Darius Milhaud (1892), and Pierre Boulez (1925).

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