French composer Pérotin Magister was a student of Leonin and continued to build on his teacher's work. He revised the Magnus Liber and is credited with the development of four voice polyphony. The English theorist Anonymous IV named him as creator of the Graduals Viderunt and Sederunt. 1. Classical Music Archives: Perotin - Music files offered in MIDI format. 2. Perotin and Notre Dame Organum - Biographical background and relationship with Leonin lead to a brief explanation of the growth of polyphony and indications of how it led into development of the motet. Includes links. 3. Perotin: A Discography - Notes scant biography as provided by Anonymous IV, tracing his relationship to Leonin and his own contributions to polyphony. Recordings containing his works are listed. 4. Pérotin - Biography of the student of Léonin with major musical accomplishments from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. 5. Pérotin [Perotinus Magnus] - Biography, musical contributions, related composers, and related material from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program. 6. Pérotin Magister - Classical Net's Basic Repertoire with biography, historical significance, and recommended recordings. 7. Pérotin - Wikipedia article summarizing his style and noting his influence on late 20th Century minimalism such as that of Steve Reich. Includes internal references to related people and topics. 8. Pérotin the Great - Brief biography of Perotinus Magister with key works, suggested reading, timeline, and recommended recordings from Humanities Web. 9. Pérotin, (c. 1160 - c. 1205), France - Biographical data, major works, musicological development, recommended CDs, books, and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

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