ECCO LA PRIMAVERA - FRANCESCO LANDINI

Paula Bar-Giese - soprano & kettle drum Hans Meijer - 4 course guitars (made by Hans Meijer 1990) INFO: Francesco Landini (c. 1325 – 2 September 1397; also known by many names) was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker who was a central figure of the Trecento style in late Medieval music. One of the most revered composers of the second half of the 14th-century, he was by far the most famous composer in Italy. Details of Landini&life are sketchy and few facts can be established with certainty, but the general outline has begun to take shape as more research has been done, especially into Florentine records. Most of the original biographical data on him comes from a 1385 book on famous Florentine citizens by chronicler Filippo Villani, who was also born approximately 1325. According to Filippo Villani, the celebrated composer Francesco Landini played several musical instruments including the organetto and the lute.