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Binchois

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[ban-shwa] / bɛ̃ˈʃwa /

noun

  1. Gilles or Egidius c1400–60, Flemish composer.


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The guest director Robert Mealy leads performances of Guillaume Du Fay and Gilles Binchois, among others.

From New York Times • May 19, 2016

The other great name of the first period of this school was that of Binchois, born in Hennegau, died about 1465.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

He had taught Dea and Gwynplaine to sing, according to the method of Orpheus and of Egide Binchois.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor