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Adam De La Halle and Ars Antiqua Time Period


Life Summary

Adam de la Halle is often referred to as the greatest of the long succession of
post Medieval musicians. He was a poet, musician and innovator of the earliest
French theater. He became famous for his use of polyphony and his theatrical
productions. Adam originally trained for the clergy (the people of the church).
Marriage interfered with his musical career; but with the help of some noble
benefactors he was able to pursue musical studies at the University of Paris.
The remainder of his life was spent in service of noble patrons.

His Music

Adam de la Halle was of French origins. All of his lyrics were written in French.
Much of his early music was monophonic which shortly after became homophonic and
then transformed into polyphonic. Much of his polyphonic work was set for 3
voices or instruments. If a piece of music is monophonic, then it has only a
melody line and no harmony. Much of the medieval music was......

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