Guillaume de Machaut |

William of Machaut

Hakanan an san shi da sunan Latin Guillelmus de Mascandio. Daga 1323 (?) ya zauna a kotun Sarkin Bohemia, John na Luxembourg, shi ne sakatarensa, yana tare da shi a kan tafiye-tafiye zuwa Prague, Paris da sauran garuruwa. Bayan rasuwar sarki (1346) ya zauna na dindindin a Faransa. Ya kasance canon na Notre Dame Cathedral a Reims.

Mafi girma mawaki na karni na 14, fitaccen wakilin ars nova. Mawallafin waƙoƙin monophonic da polyphonic da yawa (40 ballads, 32 vireles, 20 rondos) tare da rakiyar kayan aiki, wanda a cikinsa ya haɗa al'adun kiɗa da waƙoƙi na trouvers tare da sabon fasahar polyphonic.

Ya ƙirƙiri nau'in waƙa tare da waƙar da aka ɓullo da yawa tare da rarrabuwa iri-iri, ya faɗaɗa tsarin tsara nau'ikan murya, kuma ya gabatar da ƙarin abubuwan da ke cikin waƙoƙin mutum cikin kiɗa. Daga cikin rubuce-rubucen cocin Macho, an san motets 23 don muryoyin 2 da 3 (na rubutun Faransanci da Latin) da taro mai murya 4 (don nadin sarautar Sarkin Faransa Charles V, 1364). Waƙar Macho “Lokacin Shepherd” (“Le temps pastour”) ya ƙunshi bayanin kayan kida da suka wanzu a ƙarni na 14.

Сочинения: L'opera omnia musicale… editan F. Ludwig da H. Besseler, n. 1-4, Lpz., 1926-43.