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
A 14th-century ballade by Guillaume de Machaut set up György Ligeti’s hazy, briery “Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg,” from 1982.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 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
Guillaume de Machaut was its champion and its paragon.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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