Francesco Landini

Francesco Landini (c. 1325 or 1335 – 2 September 1397; also known by many names) was a Florentine composer, poet, organist, singer and instrument maker, and a central figure of the music of the Trecento in the Italian peninsula. Name Francesco’s name is recorded in many variants throughout medieval manuscripts and documents, including, Francesco degli Organi, Francesco il Cieco, Francesco da Firenze, Magister Franciscus de Florentia, Magister Franciscus Coecus Horghanista de Florentia (in the Squarcialupi Codex), Francesco degli orghani and Cechus de Florentia. Modern scholars no longer accept the idea that he was a member of the Landini family and prefer to use the names “Francesco degli Organi” or “Francesco degli orghani” (Francesco of the organs), “Francesco da Firenze’"(Francesco of Firenze), and “Francesco il Cieco” or “Franciscus cecus” (Francesco the blind) to refer to the composer. The surname “Landini” or “Landino” has not been linked to the composer in any sources of the 14th century nor in secondary references in the 15th century. The evidence linking him to the Landini family via his presumed father, who was identified by Filippo Villani as a painter who lived a simple