Dufay, Guillaume [cenotaph] 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) Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Plot: Tombstone on display at the Galleries of the Former Netherlands, 15th and 16th Centuries, Room 4
b. August 5, 1397 d. November 27, 1474