Leonel Power

Leonel Power (also spelled Lionel, Lyonel, Leonellus, Leonelle; Polbero[1]), c. 1380–1445, was an English composer of the early Renaissance.

[2][3] Mainly a composer of motets and of sections of the Mass, he is the best-represented contributor in the Old Hall Manuscript.

The duke died in 1421; the next reference to Power is from 1423: on 14 May he joined the fraternity of Christ Church, Canterbury.

[1] While Power's output was slightly less than Dunstaple's (only 40 extant pieces can be definitely attributed to him), his influence was similar.

[citation needed] Power was one of the first composers to set separate movements of the Ordinary of the Mass which were thematically unified and intended for contiguous performance.

An 1821 engraving of western towers of the Canterbury Cathedral. Power was a member of the cathedral's fraternity and worked here as a choir master.