Leonel Power

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Leonel Power , also called Leonell , Lionel , Lyonell or Latinized simply Leonellus , also called Powero or Polbero by surname , (* 1370 to 1385; † June 5, 1445 in Canterbury ) was an English composer and music theorist of the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. Power's life and biography are largely in the dark. Based on analyzes of his early musical style, a birth between 1370 and 1385 is assumed. Power was one of the leading figures in early 15th century music in England alongside John Dunstaple .

life and work

Power is documented in connection with Canterbury Cathedral in 1423 and 1441 to 1445 . He probably taught the boys' choir here. This is suggested by his music-theoretical treatise Tretis ... upon the Gamme with instructions on English treble practice.

Power's early works adopt the isorhythmic of the French ars nova . In his later work, motets without a liturgical tenor predominate. These motets approach the Dunstaple sound style. Some sentences have come down to us both under the name Dunstaples and under the name Powers. Power's late works also include the Missa Alma redemptoris . According to Frank Ll. Harrison a mass, 22 ordinary movements and 14 motets.

swell

  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Power, Lionel. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1961, p. 432 (first edition: 1882). With references to Leonel Power.
  • Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Power, Lionel. 12th completely revised edition. 5. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1975, p. 408 f . (First edition: 1882). There further references to Leonel Power.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Riemann music dictionary. 1961. Leonel Power.
  2. ↑ capriccio-kulturforum.de (forum for culture and classical music): Leonel Power. March 25, 2011, accessed July 23, 2019 .
  3. ^ Statement from the English language Wikipedia.
  4. ↑ Frank Ll. Harrison: Music in Medieval Britain, London 1958.
personal data
SURNAME Power, Leonel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Power, Leonell; Power, Lionel; Power, Lyonell; Power, Leonellus; Powero, Leonel; Polbero, Leonel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH between 1370 and 1385
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1445
Place of death Canterbury