Notre Dame School's lyrics & chords

Collective name for constituents of the Notre-Dame School of Polyphony - composers working at or near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1160 to 1250. The only composers whose names have come down to us from this time are Léonin and Pérotin. Both were mentioned by an anonymous English student, known as Anonymous IV, who was either working or studying at Notre Dame later in the 13th century. In addition to naming the two composers as "the best composers of organum," and specifying that they compiled the big book of organum known as ...read more