Guillaume de Machaut
France, 1320–1377
French poet and composer of the late Middle Ages. A master of the ars nova and author of the Messe de Nostre Dame — the oldest complete polyphonic mass by a single composer.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Guillaume de Machaut and 2 artists Guillaume de Machaut influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Guillaume de Machaut?
- Pérotin — Machaut's polyphonic art descends from the Notre-Dame tradition of measured polyphony that Pérotin brought to its height.
Which artists did Guillaume de Machaut influence?
- Arvo Pärt — Guillaume de Machaut and medieval polyphony were the historical foundation Pärt turned to after his creative crisis while forging the tintinnabuli technique.
- Guillaume Du Fay — Du Fay inherited the formes fixes — ballade, rondeau, virelai — that Machaut had perfected, carrying the ars nova into the Renaissance.