Marchettus of Padua

Italian music theorist

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Marchettus of Padua was an Italian music theorist of the 14th century, a period known as the Ars Nova. He was a significant figure in the "Italian Ars Nova," also referred to as Italian trecento music.1

Marchettus authored the treatise Pomerium, which outlined rhythmic innovations in Italian musical notation of his time. His work contributed to the development of new musical styles and rhythmic possibilities that characterized the Ars Nova period, distinguishing it from the earlier Ars Antiqua.1

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…theorist of this school was Marchettus of Padua, whose treatise Pomerium (in the early 14th century) outlines certain rhythmic innovations in Italian notation of the time. The most important composers of 14th-century Italy are Jacopo da Bologna, Francesco Landini, and Ghirardello da Firenze.
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…theorist of this school was Marchettus of Padua, whose treatise Pomerium (in the early 14th century) outlines certain rhythmic innovations in Italian notation of the time. The most important composers of 14th-century Italy are Jacopo da Bologna, Francesco Landini, and Ghirardello da Firenze.
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