Gilles Binchois

Home > ... > Literature and the Arts > Performing Arts > Music: History, Composers, and Performers: Biographies > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side The Concise Oxford Dictionary ... World Encyclopedia The Columbia Encyclopedia, ...

Gilles Binchois

Gilles Binchois , c.1400-1460, Flemish composer. From about 1430 until his death Binchois served Philip the Good of Burgundy. His secular chansons are considered his best work. The 15th-century theorist Tinctoris ranked him with Dufay and Dunstable.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Binchois" title="Facts and information about Gilles Binchois">Gilles Binchois</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Gilles Binchois." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 5 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Gilles Binchois." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 5, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Binchois.html

"Gilles Binchois." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 05, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Binchois.html

Learn more about citation styles

Binchois, Gilles de

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Â© World Encyclopedia 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Binchois, Gilles de (c.1400–60) Franco-Flemish composer and organist. After Dufay, he was the most influential composer of the early to mid-15th century. He was organist at Mons (1419–23), and served at the Burgundian court (1430–53), before becoming provost of St Vincent, Soignies. Some sacred music survives, but he is best known for his secular songs.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O142-BinchoisGillesde" title="Facts and information about Gilles Binchois">Gilles Binchois</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Binchois, Gilles de." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 5 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Binchois, Gilles de." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (December 5, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BinchoisGillesde.html

"Binchois, Gilles de." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved December 05, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BinchoisGillesde.html

Learn more about citation styles

Binchois, Gilles de Bins dit

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Binchois, Gilles de Bins dit (b ?Mons, c.1400; d Soignies, 1460). Franco-Flemish composer and organist. Regarded as one of major composers of early part of 15th cent. Probably trained as chorister. Org. at Mons, 1419–23 after which he is thought to have been soldier in service of Earl of Suffolk in Eng. occupation army in France. In 1420s joined Burgundian court chapel. Most of his surviving secular songs are rondeaux. Church mus. incl. a Te Deum, settings of the Magnificat, Credo, and Gloria, but no complete Mass survives.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O76-BinchoisGillesdeBinsdit" title="Facts and information about Gilles Binchois">Gilles Binchois</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Binchois, Gilles de Bins dit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 5 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Binchois, Gilles de Bins dit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (December 5, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BinchoisGillesdeBinsdit.html

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Binchois, Gilles de Bins dit." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved December 05, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BinchoisGillesdeBinsdit.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related research questions

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	The Sacred Music of Gilles Binchois. Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...amazing that the sacred music of Binchois (Gilles de Binche) is collected and published...production of new editions. But with Binchois, as well as other fifteenth...achievement. The publication of Binchois's sacred music is a significant...
	CLASSICAL MUSIC Ustad Nishat Khan / Ensemble Gilles Binchois QEH, London Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/3/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...sect. The Paris-based Ensemble Gilles Binchois, specialists in medieval vocal...the two men and two women of the Binchois team inflected each chant with...recorded incarnation. The Ensemble Gilles Binchois, electronically amplified to...
	Binchois and beyond Magazine article from: Musical Times; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the greater composer. Yet as Binchois studies makes abundantly clear...we begin to pronounce the name Binchois as something other than an afterthought...First International Conference on Gilles de Bins, dit Binchois', held at The Graduate Center...
	SCHOLARLY POMERIUM WEAVES PIECES TOGETHER IN `OCKEGHEM'.(What's Happening) Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 2/3/2006; 582 words ; ...weaves connections betweeen the composers - Ockeghem, Guillaume Du Fay, Josquin Desprez, Antoine Busnoys and Gilles Binchois. Binchois may have been teacher or mentor of Ockeghem, who in turn could have been the same for Busnoys, who then may...
	DISCS GIVE TASTE OF EARLY MUSIC FEST.(RHYTHM) Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 3/8/2007; 700+ words ; ...Hall, the Winds of Wisconsin, a new 50-member UW-Madison program with high school wind students, will perform. The concert is free. CAPTION(S): Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois were masters of the Franco-Flemish school.
	RENAISSANCE MUSIC GETS A BRAND-NEW LIFE.(CAPITAL REGION) Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/7/1998; 700+ words ; ...roots with easy grace, it also boasts a prime elegance that Calliope captured without being self-conscious. In Gilles Binchois' ``Adieu ma doulce,'' for example, the beauty of the melody suggests mirrored halls instead of musty farm cottages...
	Summer Festivals Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/18/1997; 700+ words ; ...in residence and some of the performers include the Tallis Scholars, Voce Poetica, Collegium Vocale and Ensemble Gilles Binchois. - Berlin 47. Berliner Festwochen, tel: (49) 30-254-89-100, fax: 89-230, Internet: http://www...
	A bit of a puzzler Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/7/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...and in the French-speaking area of Flanders around Mons. It is possible that he studied with the chanson composer Gilles Binchois, on whose death in 1460 he composed an affecting deploration. There is also evidence that, in an era when a composer...
	Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes.(Review) Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Liebe?"; two examples of unmeasured chant, "Alma Redemptoris Mater" and "Quem quaeritis"; a Magnificat by Gilles Binchois. While Selfridge-Field acknowledges this bias, and the book is already overflowing with information, it seems...
	On common ground Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/5/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Atlan. With more than 30 recordings under his belt either as a soloist, conductor, or at the head of the Ensemble Gilles Binchois, which he has directed since 1979, Vellard has also been artistic director of the Festival les Recontres Internationales...