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Events in the 1230s 3
1160 – 1230PérotinFrench composer of Notre-Dame schoolPérotin was a leading composer of the Notre-Dame school who expanded Léonin's work into three and four voice polyphony. His compositions represent a high point of medieval sacred music.
1170 – 1230Walther von der VogelweideGerman MinnesängerWalther von der Vogelweide was the greatest Minnesänger of the Middle Ages. His poetry ranged from courtly love songs to political verse and religious themes.
1230 – 1290Martín CodaxGalician-Portuguese troubadourMartín Codax was a Galician-Portuguese troubadour whose seven surviving cantigas de amigo are among the most celebrated examples of medieval Iberian lyric poetry.