Johannes Cotto
✓ Source-basedrisingEnglish music theorist (1100-1150)
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Johannes Cotto was a music theorist, possibly of English origin, most likely working in southern Germany or Switzerland. He wrote one of the most influential treatises on music of the Middle Ages, De musica, first printed by Gerbert in 1784.
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About this person
Johannes Cotto was a music theorist, possibly of English origin, most likely working in southern Germany or Switzerland. He wrote one of the most influential treatises on music of the Middle Ages, De musica, first printed by Gerbert in 1784. The treatise included unusually precise directions for composing chant and organum.
Country
United KingdomCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1100 to 1150 · aged 50
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