Gilles Binchois

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Gilles de Binchois or Bins (c. 1400 – September 20, 1460), was a Franco-Flemish composer, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian School, and one of the three most famous composers of the early 15th century. While often ranked behind his contemporaries Guillaume Dufay and John Dunstable, at least by contemporary scholars, his influence was arguably greater than either, since his works were cited, borrowed and used as source material more often than those by any other composer of the time. Life He was probably from Mons, the son of Jean and Johanna de Binche, who may have been from the nearby town of Binche. His father was a councillor to Duke Guillaume IV of Hainault, and also had a position in a church in Mons. Nothing is known about Gilles until 1419, when he became organist at the church of Ste. Waudru in Mons. In 1423 went to live in Lille. Around this time he may have been a soldier in the service of the Burgundians, or perhaps the English Earl of Suffolk, as indicated by a line in the memorial motet written on his death by Ockeghem. Sometime near the end of the 1420s he joined the court chapel of Burgundy, and by the time of his motet Nove cantum melodie (1431) he was evidently a singer there, since the text of the motet itself lists all 19 singers. He retired to Soignes, evidently with a substantial pension for his long years of excellent service to the Burgundian court. Music and influence Binchois is often considered to be the finest melodist of the 15th c

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Gilles Binchois - chansons

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Binchois: Triste Plaisir

The Borgia Dynasty

Binchois, G.: Choral Music

c.1300-c.2000

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Pro Pacem

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Medieval & Gregorian Chant

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Binchois: Veneremur Virginem

Mon souverain desir

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The Art of Courtly Love

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Dufay - Binchois: Ballades, Rondeaux, Lamentation (Ensemble Gilles Binchois)

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Music In Western Civilization

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