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Biography
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Léonin
Real name: Léonin (or Leoninus, Leonius, Leo)
Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 2005
Born: c. 1150, France (?)Died: c. 1201 or 1210, France (?)
Probably French, Léonin is the first known significant composer of polyphonic organum. He probably lived and worked in Paris at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, and was the earliest member of the Notre-Dame school of polyphony who is known by name.