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• Binchois, Gilles   b. 1400  d. September 20, 1460
  Composer. Also known as Gilles de Bins. An outstanding member of the Burgundian School. He, Guillaume Dufay, and England's John Dunstable are considered the first important composers of the Renaissance. Binchois was born in Mons, Hainualt (now in Belgium). His first musical appointment, at 19, was as organist in his hometown's Church of St. Waudru; he may have seen military service in the Low Countries and entered the priesthood before 1425, when he was employed in Paris by William Pole...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Church of Saint Vincent, Soignies, Hainaut, Belgium
   

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