Directory of Perotin Resources

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French composer Pérotin Magister was a student of Leonin and continued to build on his teacher's work. He revised the Magnus Liber and is credited with the development of four voice polyphony. The English theorist Anonymous IV named him as creator of the Graduals Viderunt and Sederunt.

Resources in This Category

• Classical Archives: Pérotin

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/7631.html
  Biography and music files offered in MIDI format.

• Pérotin

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rotin
  Wikipedia article summarizing his style and noting his influence on late 20th Century minimalism such as that of Steve Reich. Includes internal references to related people and topics.

• Pérotin Magister

  http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/perotin.html
  Classical Net's Basic Repertoire with biography, historical significance, and recommended recordings.

• Pérotin the Great

  http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=9
  Brief biography of Perotinus Magister with key works, suggested reading, timeline, and recommended recordings from Humanities Web.

• Pérotin [Perotinus Magnus]

  http://www.hoasm.org/IIC/Perotin.html
  Biography, musical contributions, related composers, and related material from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.

• Pérotin, (c. 1160 - c. 1205), France

  http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/perotin1205.html
  Biographical data, major works, musicological development, recommended CDs, books, and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

• Perotin: A Discography

  http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/composers/perotin.html
  Notes scant biography as provided by Anonymous IV, tracing his relationship to Leonin and his own contributions to polyphony. Recordings containing his works are listed.

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