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Vitry

American  
[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

It began with a motet by Philippe de Vitry in which one voice, devoted to veneration of Mary, is juxtaposed with earthier directions about choosing a good wife.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2012

Says Bernard Vitry, who directed the cleaning of the Madeleine: "I love stone too much not to wish to see it."

From Time Magazine Archive

Alfred de Vitry was written in pencil where the name should be inscribed, but very faintly, and so that it required sharp looking to detect the letters.

From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever

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