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The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who lived in, worked in, or were citizens of France. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Medieval Leonin (c. 1150 – 1201) Perotin (1160 – 1230) Adam de la Halle (1240 – 1287) Philippe de Vitry (1291 ...
The French musician Adam de la Halle is identified among these minstrels, [2] along with twenty-six harpists, thirteen fiddlers (including Tomasin, the Prince of Wales's own fiddler, Nicholas de Caumbray, vidulator to Philip IV of France, and the Englishman Le Roy Druet, called "King of the Minstrels"), three gigatores (rebec players) from ...
The popularity of French music in the rest of Europe declined slightly, yet the popular chanson and the old motet were further developed during this time. The epicenter of French music moved from Paris to Burgundy, as it followed the Burgundian School of composers. During the Baroque period, music was simplified and restricted due to Calvinist ...
date unknown – Guillaume le Vinier, French trouvère (b. c.1190) 1253 7 July – Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and Brie, King of Navarre (b. 30 May 1201) 1260 date unknown – Richart de Fournival, French trouvère; 1284 4 April – Alfonso X of Castile; 1286 8 October – John I, Duke of Brittany, French trouvère (b. 1217)
French music history dates back to organum in the 10th century, followed by the Notre Dame School, an organum composition style. Troubadour songs of chivalry and courtly love were composed in the Occitan language between the 10th and 13th centuries, and the Trouvère poet-composers flourished in Northern France during this period.
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A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending, performance art , and social activities.
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