The most notable of these were Leonin and Perotin. From this group came some of the earliest motets as well as a number of theoretical treatises on music. M edieval secular music in France consisted almost entirely of the songs of the troubadours and trouveres, poet-musicians who flourished from the late 11th until the 13th century. Among them was the famous Adam de la Halle. Active during the same period were the jongleurs, roving minstrels who performed the courtly love lyrics of the troubadours.
Good music is very close to primitive language.
Vitry is credited by some scholars with the invention of the isorhythmic motet, one of the most important musical forms of the century. W ith the beginning of the Renaissance style in the 15th century, the center of musical activity shifted from Paris to Burgundy, then a separate state. The most important French contribution to the Renaissance was the chanson, a secular, polyphonic song, usually light in style. It was later adapted by the Italians into the keyboard canzona. I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.