Hugo de Lantins (fl. 1420–1430) was aFranco-Flemish composer of the lateMedieval era and earlyRenaissance. He was active inItaly, especiallyVenice, and wrote both sacred and secular music; he may have been a relative ofArnold de Lantins, another composer active at the same time in the same area.
Little is known about his life, except that he was probably inVenice during the 1420s, for he wrote ceremonial music for theDogeFrancesco Foscari; his music appears in several collections from that city. Evidently he wrote music for the wedding ofCleofe Malatesta and Theodore Palaiologos, Prince ofSparta, in 1421, since precise topical details occur in the text to the music. He almost certainly was known toDufay, since both composers wrote music for some of the same events, and Dufay mentioned him in the text to one of the compositions he wrote during his stay inRimini with the Malatesta family (1420–1424).
Hugo's music is more forward looking than that of Arnold, making use ofimitation, which was to become the prevailing musical device for the next hundred years and more; indeed, imitation is more prevalent in the music of Lantins than in the music of any other composer of the early 15th century. Most of Hugo's music is for three voices, though occasionally he added a fourth.
Several sections ofmasses have survived, but none complete, as well as fivemotets, one of which isisorhythmic. In the secular music category he wrote manyrondeaux, all inFrench, as well as someballate inItalian (almost certainly for the royal wedding of theMalatesta family).
