Machaut
Americannoun
noun
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Machaut may have relied on ancient musical modes because that’s what composers had to work with in the 14th century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2020
Adventurous programming, as ever, is on offer from this vocal and instrumental ensemble, this time exploring so-called ancient groove music and the evolution of dance music, from Machaut and Monteverdi to Reich and Gorecki.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
The choreographer Mark Morris has organized an immersion in Indian music; William Kentridge directs a puppet-theater production of Monteverdi’s “Il Ritorno d’Ulisse”; and the pianist Jeremy Denk’s solo recital spans Machaut to Philip Glass.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2016
In January the quartet played a concert in a series at ClefWorks, a chamber music festival in Montgomery, Ala. The program had the Machaut arrangements and works by Webern and others.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2010
From Perotin in 1200 to Machaut in 1350, composers had enjoyed the resonant, sonorous effect of simultaneous notes in clusters, or chords.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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