Leonin and perotin were associated with what?
When was léonin born
When did pérotin die...
Léonin and Pérotin &#; sometimes referred to as Master Leoninus and Master Perotinus &#; were the best-known of a group of composers who worked in medieval Paris in the late 12th and early 13th centuries.
This was the age of King Philippe-Auguste (Philippe II), during whose reign, from to , the medieval kingdom of France was consolidated. Little is known of the lives of Léonin and Pérotin, but both are associated with the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, whose foundations were laid in the mid s, and its high altar consecrated in
Léonin
The major work attributed to Léonin was the Magnus liber ("great book") designed for use by the choir of the new cathedral.
He is mentioned by an anonymous 13th-century theorist as "the best composer of organum for the amplification of divine service", suggesting that he wrote polyphonic settings for two independent voices of parts of the liturgy intended for performance on