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| Binchois, Gilles |
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(zh l b Nshwä´) (KEY) , c.14001460, 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. |
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