October 31 - Philippe de Vitry (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for October 31st are here: Ethel Waters; Philippe de Vitry (2019), Phillippe de Vitry (2020), Philippe de Vitry (2021), and Philippe de Vitry (2022)

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Philippe de Vitry (31 October 1291 – 9 June 1361) was a composer, music theorist, 

and churchman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ars Isn’t Easy

The important music treatise Ars nova notandi (1322) is usually attributed to Vitry. – Wikipedia

In spite of its great innovations

In the writing of music notations,

Ars nova notandi

Contains no glissandi,

Or any odd pitch deviations.

 

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Vitry’s Vita

 

Details of his early life are vague. – Wikipedia

His life on this earth was begun,

In the autumn of 1291,

And the archives and fate

Have provided the date,

From a time when there’s usually none.

 

 

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