Francesco Landini

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Francesco Landini was a leading 14th-century Italian composer and organist, renowned for his influential secular songs and central role in the development of Italian Trecento music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian composer
Trecento composer
composer
human
organist
activeIn 14th century
Trecento Italy
alternativeName Francesco da Firenze NERFINISHED
Francesco degli Organi NERFINISHED
associatedWith Florentine musical culture
Italian Ars nova NERFINISHED
birthDate c.1325
birthPlace Florence NERFINISHED
burialPlace Florence NERFINISHED
cadenceTypeNamedAfter Landini cadence NERFINISHED
causeOfBlindness childhood smallpox (traditional account)
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence NERFINISHED
deathDate 1397
genre ballata
caccia
madrigal
secular vocal music
hasPartInRepertoire over 140 surviving ballate
influenced Italian Trecento music
later Renaissance Italian song
instrument organ
knownFor ballate for two and three voices
melodic sweetness
secular songs
use of the Landini cadence
languageOfLyrics Italian
movement Italian Trecento NERFINISHED
musicalFormSpecialty monophonic ballata
polyphonic ballata
name Francesco Landini NERFINISHED
nationality Italian
notableWork Deh, dimmi tu NERFINISHED
Ecco la primavera NERFINISHED
Non avrà ma’ pietà NERFINISHED
Sì dolce non sonò NERFINISHED
occupation composer
organist
poet
singer
positionHeld organist at a Florentine church
style Ars nova NERFINISHED
voiceType tenor (probable, as composer of tenor lines)
wasBlind true
workPreservedIn Squarcialupi Codex NERFINISHED

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Trecento notableFigureInMusic Francesco Landini