Dufay, Guillaume b. August 5, 1397 d. November 27, 1474 Composer. The central figure of the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential musician of the 1400s. Pietro de Medici called him "The ornament of our age", and present-day historians regard his work as representing the dawn of the Renaissance in music. Dufay was born in Cambrai, France, then in the Duchy of Burgundy, and received his first musical training as a choirboy in the cathedral there. Ordained a priest in 1428, he spent many years in Italy, serving in the Vatican's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cambrai Cathedral (Defunct), Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Plot: Saint Étienne Chapel
Grenon, Nicolas b. 1375 d. October 17, 1456 Composer. He was a founder of the Burgundian School, the first important movement of Renaissance music. Grenon's earliest known activity was as a clerk at Notre Dame in Paris (1399 to 1403). When he joined the court of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, in 1412, his fame as a musician and teacher was already widespread. In 1425 Pope Martin V summoned him to Rome to serve as Master of the Choirboys at the Papal Chapel. Throughout his career Grenon was drawn to the Flemish city of Cambrai (...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cambrai Cathedral (Defunct), Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Plot: Cathedral destroyed in 1793
Lupi, Johannes b. 1506 d. December 20, 1539 Composer. An accomplished member of the Franco-Flemish School. Lupi's birthplace is unknown, but he trained as a choirboy at Cambrai Cathedral, Flanders (now in France). He became choirmaster there in 1527, following four years at the University of Louvain. Records show he was fired several times for sloppy bookeeping and failing to take charge of his young singers, but was always brought back; he finally resigned due to poor health in 1535. Whatever his shortcomings as an administrator...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cambrai Cathedral (Defunct), Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
b. August 5, 1397 d. November 27, 1474