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Guillaume Du Fay

1397 - 1474

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Guillaume Du Fay ( dyoo-FEYE, French: [ɡijom dy fa(j)i]; also Dufay, Du Fayt; 5 August 1397 – 27 November 1474) was a composer and music theorist of early Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered the leading European composer of his time, his music was widely performed and reproduced. Du Fay was well-associated with composers of the Burgundian School, particularly his colleague Gilles Binchois, but was never a regular member of the Burgundian chapel himself. While he is among the best-documented composers of his time, Du Fay's birth and family is shrouded with uncertainty, though he was probably the illegitimate child of a priest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Du Fay is the 57th most popular composer (up from 92nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 37th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Composer.

Guillaume du Fay is most famous for being the first composer to write polyphonic music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Guillaume Du Fay ranks 57 out of 1,451. Before him are Vincenzo Bellini, Arnold Schoenberg, Edward Elgar, Georg Philipp Telemann, Aram Khachaturian, and Carl Maria von Weber. After him are Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, Erik Satie, and Gabriel Fauré.

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Among people born in 1397, Guillaume Du Fay ranks 3. Before him are Sejong the Great, and Pope Nicholas V. After him are Albert II of Germany, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Hacı I Giray, Jahan Shah, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Francesco Squarcione, Chimalpopoca, and Baysunghur. Among people deceased in 1474, Guillaume Du Fay ranks 1. After him are Henry IV of Castile, 1st Dalai Lama, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Ali Qushji, Pietro Riario, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania, Nicolò Marcello, and Juan Pacheco.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Guillaume Du Fay ranks 19 out of 1,190. Before him are Gerardus Mercator (1512), René Magritte (1898), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Orlande de Lassus (1534), and Carlota of Mexico (1840). After him are Frans Hals (1582), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Georges Simenon (1903), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), and Albert II of Belgium (1934).

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Among COMPOSERS In Belgium

Among composers born in Belgium, Guillaume Du Fay ranks 2. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534). After him are César Franck (1822), André Grétry (1741), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Gilles Binchois (1400), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and Pierre De Geyter (1848).

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