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Also known as Gilles de Bins, Binchois

Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer (c. 1400–1460)

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Gilles Binchois (1400–1460) was a male composer, writer, poet, and singer from the Kingdom of France. Born in Mons and dying in Soignies, he held the position of chaplain and played the organ. His native language was French.

His musical output is associated with medieval and renaissance genres, as well as the franco-flemish school. Open Library lists three works, including *The sacred works of Gilles Binchois*, while Crossref records five works and Europeana Sparql lists thirty-five. He is described in sources such as *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition, *Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon*, and *Nordisk familjebok*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1400 (ca.)
Died
1460
Works
3

Top works

  • The sacred works of Gilles Binchois

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Belgium
Active from
1400
Active to
1460
composermedievalrenaissance

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
8,781
Total plays
49,755

Tags

early musicrenaissancemedievalfranco-flemishfranco-flemish school

Gilles de Binchois or Bins (c. 1400 – September 20, 1460), was a Franco-Flemish composer, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian School, and one of the three most famous composers of the early 15th century. While often ranked behind his contemporaries Guillaume Dufay and John Dunstable, at least by contemporary scholars, his influence was arguably greater than either, since his works were cited, borrowed and used as source material more often than those by any other composer of the time.

via Last.fm · Gilles Binchois

Works in European collections

35 objects attributed to Gilles Binchois, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Binchois (right) holding a small harp and Guillaume Du Fay (left) beside a portative organ in a c. 1440 Illuminated manuscript copy of Martin le Franc's Le champion des dames

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gilles Binchois” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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