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Gilles Binchois
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Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer (c. 1400–1460)
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Gilles Binchois was a male composer, writer, poet, and singer born in 1400 in Mons. He held the position of chaplain and played the organ. A citizen of the Kingdom of France, he spoke and wrote in French. Binchois is associated with the medieval and renaissance genres, as well as the early music and franco-flemish school styles.
He died on September 20, 1460, in Soignies. His notable works include the sacred works of Gilles Binchois. He is described by sources such as Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon, Nordisk familjebok, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1400 (ca.)
- Died
- 1460
- Works
- 3
Top works
- The sacred works of Gilles Binchois
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1400
- Active to
- 1460
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,781
- Total plays
- 49,755
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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.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gilles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Mons
- Place of death
- Soignies
- Occupation
- singer
- Position held
- chaplain
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Gilles Binchois.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gilles Binchois
- date of death
- 1460-09-20
- date of birth
- 1400-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
35 objects attributed to Gilles Binchois, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Kyrie eleison
Hominibus bone Hatis laudamus
Factorem celi et terre
Magnificat anima mea Dominum
Kyrie eleison
Kyrie eleison
L'amy de ma dame est
Se j'eusse un seul peu d'esperanche
Adieu mon amoreuse joye
Kyrie eleison (Apostolorum)
Asperges me Domine ysopo et mundabor
Kyrie eleison
K [yrie] eleison
Kyrie eleison
Se la belle n'a le voloit
Je me recommande humlement
Gloria laus at honor tibi sit rex
Beata Mater et inupta virgo
Lyesse m'a mande
Kyrie eleison
Et in terra pax hominibus (Pax vobis ego sum)
Patrem omnipotentem (Pax vobis ego sum)
Kyrie eleison
Gloria laus et Gltibi sit Rex Christe
Et in terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis
Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata
Veni creator Spiritus mentes tuorum visita
Et in terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis
Sanctus / Sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus
Et in terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis
Sanctus / Sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus
Agnus Dei / qui tollis peccata mundi
Et in terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis
Et in terra pax hominibus bone voluntatis
Sanctus sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus
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Encyclopedic overview
Binchois (right) holding a small harp and Guillaume Du Fay (left) beside a portative organ in a c. 1440 Illuminated manuscript copy of Martin le Franc's Le champion des dames
Gilles de Bins dit Binchois (also Binchoys; c. 1400 – 20 September 1460) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music. A central figure of the Burgundian School, Binchois is renowned a melodist and miniaturist; he generally avoided large scale works, and is most admired for his shorter secular chansons. Contemporary musicologists generally rank his importance below his colleague Guillaume Du Fay and the English composer John Dunstaple, but together the three were the most celebrated composers of the early European Renaissance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gilles Binchois” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.