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LANDINO, Landini (Landino, Landini) Francesco (Francesco's nicknames for organ, Francesco degli Organi, Blind Francesco, Francesco Cieco) (1325, Fiesole, near Florence - 2 IX 1397, Florence) - Italian composer, organist and poet. Pupil J. da Cache and Jacopo from Bologna. Rod in the artist’s family. Blinded in childhood. He received a diverse liberal arts education, brilliantly owned the game for many. musestools. An outstanding virtuoso organist, L. became famous for his art of improvisation. Mnyears worked as an organist in the church of San Lorenzo in Florence. As a composer, the largest representative of the Florentine early Renaissance. He is the author of 2- and 3-goose madrigals and ballads - genres typical of Italian. ars nova. In the production. L. The plasticity and expressiveness of the melody (the predominance of the upper voice) are combined with the flexibility of the metro rhythm. sides of the composition. His ballads are the pinnacle of this Italian genre. early Renaissance music. L.'s glory was so great that in 1364 for his op. he was crowned, as previously F. Petrarch, with a laurel wreath. Preserved approx. 150 compositions of L., including French Virela, Kachcha, Motet.