He was an accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, and may also have been the author of the ars nova. Later he became adviser to charles and to his successors at the royal court at paris, philip. Philippe naquet md phd at aix marseille university in 1984. Ars nova, edited by andre gilles, jean maillard and gilbert reaney, musica disciplina, xi 1957. His earliestknown employment was as secretary to charles iv. Musicologists now doubt that such a single work existed. Fuller, sarah, a phantom treatise of the fourteenth century. The ars nova style has come to define french music from the 10s to the 70s. The orlando consort is a superb unaccompanied vocal group. The question may surprise, so prominent a landmark is the ars nova in the established landscape of western music history. Il y a pres dun an, rick banks commence a collectionner des pubs trouvees dans des magazines musicaux des annees 90. Ars nova latin for new art refers to a musical style which flourished in france and the. Il a etudie a lycee pierre forest a maubeuge entre 1964 et 1968. I suoi trattati liber musicalium, ars perfecta in musica, ars contrapunctus, e soprattutto ars nova ebbero larga diffusione in europa.
Vitry is generally credited as the author of the ars nova, but twentiethcentury scholarship questioned his role as the sole author and even the manner by which the treatise was created. The primary members are robert harrejones countertenor, charles daniels tenor, angus smith tenor, and donald greig baritone with other singers sometimes joining the consort when other parts are needed. He was an intellectual in france who was a poet, singer, composer, critic, author, bishop and scholar. Not only do we know of his existence, but the dates of his birth and death are relatively certain something which cannot be said even for much more recent composers of some renown. Yet it merits attention, not only because the physical being of this landmark seems less rock solid. The question may surprise, so prominent a landmark is the ars nova in the established landscape of western. Philippe durin, 66 ans vitry le francois copains davant.
Jun 02, 2014 the ars nova style has come to define french music from the 10s to the 70s. Jason stoessel this paper was read at the annual meeting of the american musicological society, 12. Philippe hannecart vitry le francois, cachan copains. Philippe vitry photographer philippe vitry linkedin.