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Malebranche, Nicolas de (sh) and Dunstable, John (sh)


Malebranche, Nicolas de (sh)




born Aug. 6, 1638, Paris, France
died Oct. 13, 1715, Paris

French priest, theologian, and philosopher.

His philosophy is an attempt to reconcile Cartesianism with the thought of St. Augustine and with Neoplatonism. Central to Malebranche's metaphysics is his doctrine of occasionalism, according to which what are commonly called "causes" are merely "occasions" on which God acts to produce effects. His principal work is Search After Truth (3 vol., 1674-75).


Dunstable, John (sh)




born งใ 1385, England
died Dec. 24, 1453, London

English composer.

His life and career are almost completely obscure. After his death he came to be credited with the achievements of all his English contemporaries, including Leonel Power (งใ 1380-1445). He left at least 50 compositions, all for three and four voices and almost all sacred. Their full triadic harmony and frequent parallel motion in the voices represented an important innovation that influenced composers such as Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois (งใ 1400-60), softening the austerity of 14th-century polyphony.