Francesco Landini (jan 1, 1325 – jan 1, 1397)
Description:
Landini and Ballata Culture1. In his treatise on music, Jacopo mentions another genre: the ballata, which resembles a
virelai and came to displace the pride of place held by the madrigal.
2. The last generation of trecento composers set the ballade like a French virelai.
3. The master of the ballata was the blind organist Landini.
4. His pieces were arranged and copied into a keyboard manuscript known as the Faenza
Codex, arranged (an intabulation).
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Date:
jan 1, 1325
jan 1, 1397
~ 72 years