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Vitry

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[vee-tree] / viˈtri /

noun

  1. Philippe de 1290?–1361, French music theorist, composer, and poet.


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To open, music of the late 13th and early 14th centuries, including the Ars nova of Phillipe de Vitry.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2016

French native Luc Vitry flew in from Boston for his first-ever convention.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2012

The Vitry, with its lively rhythms and soaring countertenor line, was one of the more striking performances in the devotional part of the program.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2012

Raoul de Vitry has led Pechiney back into chemicals in force; the firm has built up a whole new range of products�plastics, fertilizers, petrochemicals, synthetic fibers.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1077 he seized the countships of Vitry and Bar-sur-Aube, left vacant by Simon of Valois, who had retired to a monastery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various