Johannes Tinctoris

Portrait of Tinctoris, from the title page of the ms 835, 15th-16th century, Biblioteca Universitaria de Valencia
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Jehan le Taintenier or Jean Teinturier (Latinised as Johannes Tinctoris; also Jean de Vaerwere; c. 1435 – 1511) was a Renaissance music theorist and composer from the Low Countries. Up to his time, he is perhaps the most significant European writer on music since Guido of Arezzo.[1]

  1. ^ Grier, James (2018). "Introduction". Guido of Arezzo. Oxford Bibliographies: Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OBO/9780199757824-0248. (subscription required)