Elias Salomon or Salomonis

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Elias Salomon or Salomonis

Elias Salomon or Salomonis, French monk and music theorist who flourished in the second half of the 13th century. He was active at Sainte-Astere, Perigord. He was the author of a treatise on improvised counterpoint, Scientia arils musicae (1274).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire