Léonin (fl. 1150s — d. ? 1201), the first known significant composer of polyphonic organum;
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He is mainly noted for having written about Léonin and Pérotin, thereby assigning names to two of the composers of the music of the Notre Dame school who otherwise would have been anonymous; Léonin and Pérotin are among the earliest European composers whose names are actually known.
The only composers whose names have come down to us from this time are Léonin and Pérotin.