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Gilles Binchois

1400 - 1460

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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. Binchois was born in Mons (modern-day Belgium) to an upper-class family from Binche. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilles Binchois is the 206th most popular composer (down from 205th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 110th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belgian Composer.

Gilles Binchois is most famous for his work in the 15th century. He was a composer and a singer, and he was also an important figure in the Burgundian School.

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Among composers, Gilles Binchois ranks 206 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Stamitz, Witold Lutosławski, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Henry Mancini, Jordi Savall, and Anna Maria Mozart. After him are Johann Joachim Quantz, Komitas, Vittorio Monti, Jacob Obrecht, Leonardo Vinci, and Pauline Viardot.

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Among people born in 1400, Gilles Binchois ranks 4. Before him are Fra Angelico, Gennadius Scholarius, and Andronikos V Palaiologos. After him are Bartolomeo Colleoni, Gjon Kastrioti, Hüma Hatun, Konrad Witz, Filarete, Ruy González de Clavijo, John, Constable of Portugal, and Andronikos Palaiologos. Among people deceased in 1460, Gilles Binchois ranks 4. Before him are Prince Henry the Navigator, Pachacuti, and Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York. After him are James II of Scotland, John IV of Trebizond, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Guarino da Verona, Ma Huan, Michael Szilágyi, Petr Chelčický, and Niccolò Antonio Colantonio.

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Among people born in Belgium, Gilles Binchois ranks 102 out of 1,190. Before him are Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Rik Van Looy (1933), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), and Paul Delvaux (1897). After him are Joachim Patinir (1480), Pieter Claesz (1596), Anne of France (1461), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), and Karel van Mander (1548).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Gilles Binchois ranks 8. Before him are Guillaume Du Fay (1397), César Franck (1822), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), and Henri Vieuxtemps (1820). After him are Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Cipriano de Rore (1515), and Heinrich Isaac (1450).

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