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Antoine Busnois

1430 - 1492

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Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys; c. 1430 – before 6 November 1492) was a French composer, singer and poet of early Renaissance music. Busnois and colleague Johannes Ockeghem were the leading European composers of the second half the 15th century, and central figures of the early Franco-Flemish School. While also noted as a composer of motets and other sacred music, he was one of the most renowned 15th-century composers of secular polyphonic chansons. Between Guillaume Du Fay and Claudin de Sermisy, Busnois was the most prolific and important French composer of songs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Busnois is the 368th most popular composer (up from 468th in 2019), the 1,563rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,003rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Antoine Busnois ranks 368 out of 1,451. Before him are Frank Martin, Louis Marchand, Franco Alfano, Wojciech Kilar, Johan Svendsen, and Hans Leo Hassler. After him are Mykola Lysenko, Alfredo Casella, Jean-François Le Sueur, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, John Dunstaple, and Ernest Ansermet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1430, Antoine Busnois ranks 10. Before him are James II of Scotland, Carlo Crivelli, Heinrich Kramer, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, and Cosimo Tura. After him are Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Francesco Laurana, Justus van Gent, Oliviero Carafa, Uhwudong, and Desiderio da Settignano. Among people deceased in 1492, Antoine Busnois ranks 7. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Pope Innocent VIII, Piero della Francesca, Jami, Elizabeth Woodville, and Casimir IV Jagiellon. After him are Gülbahar Hatun, Beatrice of Silva, Sonni Ali, Jaume Huguet, and Christina Abrahamsdotter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Busnois ranks 1,563 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), Aimé Jacquet (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645). After him are Maria Francisca of Savoy (1646), Richardis (840), Alain Juppé (1945), Chris Marker (1921), La Voisin (1640), and Joseph Avenol (1879).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Antoine Busnois ranks 57. Before him are André Campra (1660), Clément Janequin (1485), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), and Louis Marchand (1669). After him are Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Louis Durey (1888), André Jolivet (1905), Charles Koechlin (1867), and Henri Dutilleux (1916).

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