Franco of Cologne (active ca. 1250-1260), or Franco of Paris, was the outstanding music theorist of his century. Thirteenth-century Paris was a cultural and political center that attracted numerous foreign artists and scholars. It was there that for...

(fl. 1260–90). No biographical information has come to light that might clarify who Franco was, why he was involved in music and its notation, or when he wrote the music treatise entitled Ars cantus mensurabilis, although it would seem certainly...

Franco of Cologne (fl. mid-13th century) was a German music theorist and possibly composer. He was one of the most influential theorists of the late Medieval era, and was the first to propose an idea which was to transform music notation permanently:...

"If we were to forbid everything, then we'd never get things under control. To stop it entirely would be crazy. I'm sure that there would be much more rape." Friedrich Kramer of the Cologne police finds the British approach to prostitution unimaginable. In...

ON THIS November 20th, just as they do every year, old reactionaries and young neo-fascists gathered in Madrid to mark the death of their Caudillo with fascist salutes and chants of "Franco rise up, your people need you." The slow death of their...