What is Léonin?
'''Léonin''' (lived in the late [[12th century]]) is the first [[composer]] we know about who wrote [[organum]], a kind of church music. We know nothing about his life. He was probably [[France|French]]. He seems to have worked at [[Notre Dame Cathedral]] because he wrote a collection of music called ''Magnus Liber'' (meaning: Big Book), or, at least, he wrote some of it. This book has music for two voices. It was designed for services at Notre Dame. A younger composer called [[Pérotin]] did some more work on the collection, changing some of it. ==References== *The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie; 1980. ({{ISBN|1-56159-174-2}}) {{DEFAULTSORT:Leonin}} [[Category:Medieval composers]] [[Category:French composers]]