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Antoine Busnois
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Antoine Busnois was a male composer, writer, and poet born in Béthune on January 1, 1430. A citizen of the Kingdom of France, he worked within the Renaissance music movement, composing in the genres of classical and liturgical music. He spoke Middle French, medieval Latin, and Dutch.
Busnois died in Bruges on November 6, 1492. His notable works include the Chansons. He is associated with tags such as renaissance, French, early music, and Classical.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1492
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Chansons
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1430
- Active to
- 1492
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13,793
- Total plays
- 47,781
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Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys) (c. 1430 – November 6, 1492) was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School. While also noted as a composer of sacred music, such as motets, he was one of the most renowned 15th-century composers of secular chansons. He was the leading figure of the late Burgundian school after the death of Guillaume Dufay. Biography While details of his early life are largely conjectural, he was probably from the vicinity of Béthune in the Pas de Calai
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoine
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Place of birth
- Béthune
- Place of death
- Bruges
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Genre
- liturgical music
- Movement
- Renaissance music
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- Antoine Busnois
- date of death
- 1492-11-06
- date of birth
- 1430-01-01
- name in native language
- Antoine Busnois
- Commons Creator page
- Antoine Busnois
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Antoine Busnois, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Manuscript of Missa O Crux Lignum, a Mass by Busnois. The date is not certain but probably mid-15th century.
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.
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