Little is known just about his life, however a bit of details may be inferred from either a music. He move as a teacher within Florence, probably as a teacher of Landini himself. He became a canon at the church of S. Lorenzo around 1348, a post which he retained for the rest of his life.

Lorenzo is represented in the Squarcialupi Codex, the well-lighted manuscript which is the virtually all comprehensive source of Italian music of the 14th century, using Sixteen pieces of music, including Ten madrigals, 6 balletta and one caccia. Additionally to his contribution thereto collection, he wrote deuce mass movements which have survived (one of which is of doubtful attribution) & a pedagogic piece (the Antefana), the text of which shows that he was a teacher.

His style is progressive, every now and agawithin experimental, however curiously conservative in more ways. When he utilized imitation, a comparatively freshly musical theater system, & heterophonic texture, one of the rarest textures within European music, he as well however utilized parallel hone intervals. Voice crossings come green, after he wrote for supplementary than of these voice (virtually all of his music is monophonic). Additionally he utilized chromaticism to a degree uncommon in the 14th century, at least prior to a activity of the composers of the ars subtilior.

French influence is evident in a select few of his music, for instance isorhythmic passages (characteristic of Machaut, but uncommon inside Italian music). the few of the notational quirks within his function likewise indicate a connection by having France.