Ars Nova, (Medieval Latin: “New Art”), in music history, period of the tremendous flowering of music in the 14th century, particularly in France. The designation Ars Nova, as opposed to the Ars Antiqua (q.v.) of 13th-century France, was the title of a treatise written about 1320 by the composer Philippe de Vitry.

When the influential treatise Ars Nova (“New Art”) by the composer Philippe de Vitry appeared early in the 14th century, the preceding epoch acquired its designation of Ars Antiqua (“Old Art”), for it was only in retrospect that the rapid developments of the century and a half from circa 1150 to circa 1300 could appear as antiquated.

The term was first used in two musical treatises, titled Ars novae musicae (New Technique of Music) (c. 1320) by Johannes de Muris, and a collection of writings (c. 1322) attributed to Philippe de Vitry often simply called "Ars nova" today. [4]

Ars nova hypothesis, that is, the hypothesis that Philippe de Vitry actually did write a treatise on the new art. My examination of this hypothesis concentrates on four critical sectors: 1. the survival of an integral and intact version of the Ars nova; 2. the image of one central document behind those texts currently taken to represent the Ars ...

The term Ars Nova doubtless takes its origin in modern musical history from the title of the famous treatise by Philippe de Vitry, which has been generally dated around 1320.

The term “Ars nova” (new art, or new technique) was coined by Philippe de Vitry in his treatise of that name (probably written in 1322), in order to distinguish the practice from the music of the immediately preceding age.

When the influential treatise Ars Nova (“New Art”) by the composer Philippe de Vitry appeared early in the 14th century, the preceding epoch acquired its designation of Ars Antiqua (“Old Art”), for it was only in retrospect that the rapid developments of the century and a half from circa…

Sep 23, 2019 · The term Ars Nova comes from the final words of a treatise attributed to Vitry. Vitry was a composer, poet, church canon, and an administrator for a duke, a king, and a bishop. Vitry was mostly known for musical notation during Ars Nova.

Jun 15, 2015 · One such moment was the writing of French theorist, poet, philosopher and composer Philippe de Vitry. In 1322, de Vitry wrote a treatise on music that forever changed the way music was written and expressed. It was entitled Ars Nova notandi, a …

His treatise, "Ars nova," in which he describes the new way of measuring time, gave the name to this period first in France and then in Italy. There are a large number of manuscript collections from the 12th to the 14th centuries.