biography
| name: |
Guillaume de Machaut
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pronunciation:
[geeyohm duh mashoh
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1300–77)
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| biography:
| Poet and musician, born possibly in Reims, NE France. He worked successively under the patronage of John of Luxemburg and John II of France. One of the creators of the harmonic art, he wrote a Mass, motets, songs, ballads, and organ music. His poetry greatly influenced Chaucer. |
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