Guillaume de Machaut |

William of Machaut

ʻIke ʻia hoʻi e ka inoa Latin ʻo Guillelmus de Mascandio. Mai ka makahiki 1323 (?) ua noho oia ma ke alo o ka Moi o Bohemia, o Ioane o Luxembourg, kona kakauolelo, a hele pu me ia i Prague, Paris a me na kulanakauhale e ae. Ma hope o ka make ʻana o ke aliʻi (1346) ua noho mau ʻo ia ma Farani. ʻO ia ka canon o Notre Dame Cathedral ma Reims.

ʻO ka haku mele nui loa o ke kenekulia 14, he ʻelele koʻikoʻi o ka ars nova. ʻO ka mea kākau o nā mele monophonic a me nā mele polyphonic (40 ballads, 32 vireles, 20 rondos) me ka hoʻokani pila, kahi i hui pū ai i nā moʻomeheu mele a me nā mele o nā trouvers me ke kiʻi polyphonic hou.

Ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi ʻano mele me kahi mele i hoʻomohala nui ʻia a me nā mele like ʻole, hoʻonui i ke ʻano haku mele o nā ʻano leo, a hoʻokomo i nā ʻike mele hoʻokahi i ke mele. ʻO nā palapala ʻekalesia a Macho, ʻike ʻia he 23 motets no 2 a me 3 leo (no nā kikokikona Farani a me Latin) a me 4-leo nui (no ka poni ʻana o ke aliʻi Farani ʻo Charles V, 1364). Aia i loko o ka mele a Macho "Shepherd's Times" (“Le temps pastour”) ka wehewehe ʻana i nā mea kani i ola i ke kenekulia 14.

Сочинения: L'opera omnia musicale… hoʻoponopono ʻia e F. Ludwig lāua ʻo H. Besseler, n. 1-4, Lpz., 1926-43.