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[Annotated extract ‘THE MIDDLE AGES’ ‘Ars Nova’ ]

‘When the influential “Ars Nova” (“New Art”) by the composer Phillipe de Vitry appeared early in the 14^th century,* the preceding epoch acquired the designation of Ars Antiqua (Old Art), for it was only in retrospect that the rapid developments of the century and a half from c[irca]1150** to c[irca]1300*** could appear as antiquated. De Vitry recorded the innovations of his day, particularly in the areas of metre and harmony.’

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**{2048a~u~|A~J~1152}

[ms has 1151 which must be an error]

***{2048u~|J~1280}

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