Machaut

or Ma·chault

[ French ma-shoh ]

noun

1. Guil·laume de [gee-, yohm, d, uh]. Guillaume de Machaut.

Machaut

/ maʃo /

noun

1. MachautGuillaume de13001377MFrenchMUSIC: composerWRITING: poet Guillaume de. (ɡijom də) c. 1300–77, French composer and poet; a leading exponent of ars nova

Example Sentences

“Many a fine, noble estate / Lay idle without those to work it,” wrote the poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut, who weathered the plague by hiding locked up in his tower.

From New York Times

Machaut may have relied on ancient musical modes because that’s what composers had to work with in the 14th century.

From Los Angeles Times

I chose Machaut’s luminous “Messe Notre Dame,” for instance, because it helped to show where our music came from.

From Los Angeles Times

In Machaut’s Kyrie, where there is little text, rigorous formalism is the guiding principle.

From Los Angeles Times

It is with Machaut that the looking-back stops.

From Los Angeles Times