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Notes scant biography as provided by Anonymous IV, tracing his relationship to Leonin and his own contributions to polyphony. Recordings containing his works are listed.
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Perotin A discography  This discography is presently in a preliminary state. It is believed to contain a substantial percentage of an eventual full listing, but has not been scoured for completeness or organized into sections based on individual...
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/composers/perotin.html

Biographical background and relationship with Leonin lead to a brief explanation of the growth of polyphony and indications of how it led into development of the motet. Includes links.
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MUSL 242: Perotin and Notre Dame Organum  Perotin was one of the great composers of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. He is believed to have worked in Paris, France at the Notre Dame Cathedral and studied under the great Notre...
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/perotin.htm

Biography of the student of Léonin with major musical accomplishments from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music.
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Pérotin  Paris concerning the feast of the fools and the performance of quadruple (four-voice) organum, from 1198 and 1199, have been associated with Protin since the theorist known as Anonymous IV stated that he composed four-voice...
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/perotin.html

Biographical data, major works, musicological development, recommended CDs, books, and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
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Pérotin  Perotin is one of the earliest known composer of polyphonic organum. His works and the works of his contemporary, Leonin, are classified as Notre Dame Organum. Sederunt principes, his famous 4-voice organum He also revised...
http://stevenestrella.com/compos...s/composerfiles/perotin1205.html

Classical Net's Basic Repertoire with biography, historical significance, and recommended recordings.
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Classical Net Basic Repertoire List Pérotin  French composer of sacred music, the most highly acclaimed musical figure of the High Gothic period. Perotin worked in Paris, and was the most celebrated exponent of the School of Notre Dame, in which monophonic...
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/perotin.html

Biography, musical contributions, related composers, and related material from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Pérotin [Perotinus Magnus]  Known through references by the theorists Anonymous IV and Johannes de Garlandia (both mid-13th century These men described his accomplishments, and Anonymous IV also named a few compositions. Thus, although no musical sources include attributions...
http://www.hoasm.org/IIC/Perotin.html

Brief biography of Perotinus Magister with key works, suggested reading, timeline, and recommended recordings from Humanities Web.
http://www.humanitiesweb.org/cgi-bin/human.cgi?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=9

Music files offered in MIDI format.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/early-p.html#PEROTIN

Biographical material on the two composers and their relationship with each other. Includes sample music in MIDI audio format.
http://www.hypermusic.ca/comp/leonin.html

Wikipedia article summarizing his style and noting his influence on late 20th Century minimalism such as that of Steve Reich. Includes internal references to related people and topics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%E9rotin