Encyclopedia > Gilles Binchois

Article Content

Gilles Binchois

Gilles Binchois (c. 1400 - 1460), an early 15th-century Franco-Flemish composer evidently named after his birthplace, Binche, near Mons. He was esteemed by contemporary and later theorists as second only to Dunstable[?] and Dufay[?].

This entry is based on the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

French resistance

... died after heavy torture in July 8 1943. After that, Georges Bidault became president of CNR. Gestapo apparently let Hardy go. He was accused of collaboration ...