Guillaume de Machaut worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Guillaume de Machaut as Medieval French composer and poet (c. 1300–1377).
Guillaume de Machaut was born at Reims in 1300. His recorded nationality is France.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as composer, poet and writer.
His work is classed as ars nova, dit and lay.
Among his best-known works are Œuvres poétiques de Guillaume de Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame and La louange des dames. A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
That the work came out of France shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Guillaume de Machaut died in 1377, aged 77. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Œuvres poétiques de Guillaume de Machaut
- Notable work: Messe de Nostre Dame
- Notable work: La louange des dames
- Notable work: Hoquet David
- Genres: ars nova, dit and lay
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