Who is Léonin?
Q: Who is Léonin?
A: Léonin is a composer who lived in the late 12th century.
Q: What kind of music did Léonin write?
A: Léonin is known for writing organum, which is a kind of church music.
Q: What do we know about Léonin's life?
A: We know nothing about Léonin's life, except that he was probably French.
Q: Where did Léonin work?
A: Léonin seems to have worked at Notre Dame Cathedral because he wrote a collection of music called Magnus Liber.
Q: What is Magnus Liber?
A: Magnus Liber is a collection of music for two voices that was designed for services at Notre Dame Cathedral. Léonin wrote some of it and Pérotin did some more work on the collection, changing some of it.
Q: What does Magnus Liber mean?
A: Magnus Liber means "Big Book".
Q: Who is Pérotin?
A: Pérotin is a younger composer who did some more work on the Magnus Liber collection, changing some of it.
