If this man was still alive, he would be 716 years old! He was born in Paris and was a french poet and composer. Do you know who I am talking about? His name is Philippe de Vitry and he was famous for his beautiful poetry and motets. Even though he wrote many poems, he wrote much more motets. He also established a new form of mensural notation. His birthday is on October 31 which is the day I wrote this post. Biographic stories of his life are sketchy. He is referred to as “Magister” in his biographies and went to the University of Paris. Vitry has been most famous in music history for writing the Ars Nova (1322), a treatise on music, which gave its name to the music of the entire era. Vitry did so much in the 70 years he lived, however, unfortunately, he died on June 9, 1361. He will always be remembered by his work.
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