Music in the Medieval World
by Albert Seay
Period: Medieval
Born: c. 1400 in Mons, Belgium
Died: Thursday, September 20, 1460 in Soignies,
Belgium
Nation of Origin: Belgium
Major Works:
Earliest known polyphonic setting of the Te Deum
Musical settings of the Magnificat, Credo, and Gloria.
Other Information:
Binchois was a composer and organist. After 1430 he worked in the
Court of Burgundy. He is well known for his secular chansons which
express tender melancholy. He is also regarded for his polyphonic
setting of the Te Deum. Together with Dunstable and Dufay he
is classifed as belonging to the Burgundian School of late Medieval
/early Renaissance composition.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Middle Ages : With
an Introduction on the Music of Ancient Times, W.W. Norton
& Company, October 1940, ISBN: 0393097501
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient
World , W. W. Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN:
0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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