The term Ars Nova refers to a period in medieval music history between 1300 and 1400, marked by significant rhythmic, musical, and stylistic innovations. The expression derives from Philippe de Vitry’s treatise Ars Nova Musicae, from which musicologist Hugo Riemann borrowed the term Ars Nova to describe the polyphonic works of the 14th century, contrasting them with Ars Antiqua, the polyphony of the 12th and 13th centuries.

This style flourished in both France and Italy around the same time; ...