Short bio Gilles Binchois
Birthday:
1400 in Mons, Belgium
Died:
1460 in Soignies, Belgium
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Medieval
Full biography Gilles Binchois
Gilles de Bins, famously known as Gilles Binchois, was a composer of early Renaissance music. He was born around 1400 in Mons, French Hainaut, and died on September 20, 1460, in Soignies, Hainaut, Belgium. Binchois is regarded as one of the most significant composers of his time, standing in influence and artistic significance alongside Dunstable and Dufay. Binchois was raised in the Burgundian court, where he served as a court musician for several years before becoming the court chapel master in 1430, succeeding Nicolas Grenon in this position.
Binchois is renowned for his church music and secular chansons, which are considered exceptional in their elegance of line and melodic refinement. Binchois is known for using simple melodic lines in his music, which are pleasing to the ear and easy to remember. Binchois was admired for his ability to create melodies that were much simpler than a lot of the music of the Middle Ages.
Some of Binchois's compositions include "Nove cantum melodieone" and "De plus en plus se renouvelle." Binchois also wrote paired ordinary movements , which were typical of composers of his generation. Binchois's music greatly influenced subsequent generations of musicians, including Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin des Prez, and Heinrich Isaac.
In conclusion, Gilles Binchois was an influential composer of the early Renaissance period, known for his elegant, refined, and memorable melodies that left an indelible mark on Western classical music.
Compositions featuring Gilles Binchois
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Te Deum (Version à deux voix de Gilles Binchois (1460)) | 6:17 min | Vocal Music | 1460 |
| 2 | Rondeau for 3 voices (textless) | 2:25 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 3 | Je ne vis oncques la pareille, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 57 | 4:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 4 | Je vous salue ma maitresse, chanson for 3 voices (doubtful) | 4:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 5 | Kyrie "in simplici die," for 3 voices, K. 14 | 3:04 min | Choral | - |
| 6 | L'une tresbelle clere lune, chanson for 3 voices (doubtful) | 4:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 7 | Les tres doulx ieux du viaire ma dame, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 24 | 4:35 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 8 | Magnificat secundi toni, for 3 voices, K. 23 | 7:46 min | Choral | - |
| 9 | Magnificat sexti toni, for 3 voices, K. 26 (contrafactum of rondeau "Mort en merchy"; only 1 stanza extant) | 6:59 min | Choral | - |
| 10 | Margarite fleur de valeur, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 27 | 2:52 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 11 | Mesdisans m'ont cuidié desfaire, ballade for 3 voices, R. 54 | 1:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 12 | Mon seul et souverain desir, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 31 | 5:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 13 | Mort en merchy, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 32 (most of text lost) | Vocal Music | - | |
| 14 | Nous vous verens bien Malebouche, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 33 | 1:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 15 | Nove cantum melodie, isorhythmic motet, K. 43 (most of first section missing) | 5:06 min | Choral | - |
| 16 | Pour prison ne pour maladie, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 35 | 4:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 17 | Qui veut mesdire si mesdie, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 36 | 2:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 18 | Je ne pouroye estre joyeux, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 20 | 5:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 19 | Salve Sancta parens (i), antiphon for 3 voices, K. 46a | 3:40 min | Choral | - |
| 20 | Sanctus for 3 voices, K. 20 | 3:48 min | Choral | - |
| 21 | Se je souspire, plains et pleure, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 39 | 4:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 22 | Se la belle n'a le voloir, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 41 | 3:28 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 23 | Seule esgaree de tout joieulx plaisir, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 42 | 5:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 24 | Tant plus ayme tant plus suy mal amé, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 43 | 5:10 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 25 | Te Deum laudamus, for 3 voices, K. 48 | 4:55 min | Choral | - |
| 26 | Tristre plaisir et douleureuse joie, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 45 | 3:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 27 | Ut queant laxis, hymn for 3 voices, K. 49 | 3:45 min | Choral | - |
| 28 | Veni, Creator Spiritus, hymn for 3 voices, K. 51 | 4:43 min | Choral | - |
| 29 | Virgo rosa venustatis, hymn for 3 voices, K. 52 (contrafactum of rondeau "C'est assez") | 1:26 min | Choral | - |
| 30 | Vostre tres doulx regart plaisant, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 47 | 3:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 31 | Vray dieu d'amours, rondeau | 2:41 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 32 | Comme femme desconfortée, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 56 | 4:32 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 33 | Adieu jusques je vous revoye, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 2 | 6:10 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 34 | Adieu m'amour et ma maistresse, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 3 | 3:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 35 | Adieu ma doulce, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 4 (most of text lost) | 3:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 36 | Adieu mes tres belles amours, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 5 | 2:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 37 | Adieu mon amoureuse joye, ballade for 3 voices, R. 48 | 4:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Adieu, adieu, mon joyeux souvenir, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 1 | 6:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 39 | Agnus Dei, for 4 voices, K. 21 | 4:13 min | Choral | - |
| 40 | Amoreux suy et me vient toute joye, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 6 | 4:11 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 41 | Amours merchi de trestout mon pooir, ballade for 3 voices, R. 49 | 2:58 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 42 | Asperges me, antiphon for 3 voices, K. 29-30 (2 versions) | 3:37 min | Choral | - |
| 43 | Ave corpus Christi carum, antiphon for 3 voices, K. 31 (contrafactum of rondeau "Adieu mes tres belles amours") | 2:45 min | Choral | - |
| 44 | Ave Regina caelorum, antiphon for 3 voices, K. 32 | 1:53 min | Choral | - |
| 45 | Ay doloureux disant helas, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 9 | 8:09 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | Bien puist, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 10 (most of text lost) | 1:35 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 47 | A solis ortu cardine, hymn for 3 voices, K. 28 | 2:54 min | Choral | - |
| 48 | Da pacem Domine, antiphon for 3 voices, K. 34 | 1:52 min | Choral | - |
| 49 | De plus en plus se renouvell, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 12 | 4:02 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 50 | Deo gracias, responsory for 3 voices, K. 35 | 0:55 min | Choral | - |
| 51 | Deuil angoisseus rage demesurée, ballade for 3 voices, R. 50 | 4:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 52 | Domitor hectoris Paride, motet, K. 37 | 4:12 min | Choral | - |
| 53 | En regardant vostre tres doulx maintieng, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 13 | 3:34 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 54 | Esclave puist yl devenir, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 15 | 4:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 55 | Filles a marier ne vous mariez, chanson for 4 voices, R. 55 | 1:40 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 56 | Gloria, for 3 voices, K. 16 | 3:43 min | Choral | - |
| 57 | Gloria, laus et honor, hymn for 3 voices, K. 39 | 5:36 min | Choral | - |
| 58 | Jamais tant que je vous revoye, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 17, 17a (2 versions) | 2:22 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 59 | Je loe Amours et ma dame mercye, ballade for 3 voices, R. 52 | 3:10 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 60 | Je me recommande, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 18 | 1:53 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 61 | Je ne fais tousjours que penser, rondeau for 3 voices, R. 19 | 2:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
Albums featuring Gilles Binchois
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Noël Akchoté, Gilles Binchois – Works Vol. 2 (Binchois's selected Rondeaux, Arranged for Guitar).(20×File, MP3, Album, Stereo) | 2014 | Noël Akchoté Downloads |
| 2 |  |
Noël Akchoté, Gilles Binchois – Works (Binchois's Rondeaux, Arranged For Guitar)(20×File, Album, MP3) | 2014 | Noël Akchoté Downloads |
| 3 |  |
Gilles Binchois, Brigitte Lesne, Discantus – L'Argument De Beauté(CD, Album) | 2010 | æon |
| 4 |  |
Gilles Binchois - Graindelavoix, Björn Schmelzer – Joye - Les Plaintes De Gilles De Bins Dit Binchois(CD, ) | 2007 | Glossa |
| 5 |  |
Gilles Binchois / Jehan De Lescurel / Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard – Chansons(2×CD, Compilation) | 2006 | Virgin Veritas |
| 6 |  |
Dufay & Binchois - The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman – Mass For St. Anthony Abbot / Motets / Mass Movements(CD, Album) | 2005 | Hyperion |
| 7 |  |
Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, Continens Paradisi – Le Champion Des Dames(CD, ) | 2003 | Ricercar |
| 8 |  |
Gilles Binchois, Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic – Chansons - Missa Ferialis, Magnificat(CD, Reissue) | 2002 | Musique En Wallonie |
| 9 |  |
Gilles Binchois - Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard – Chansons - Mon Souverain Desir(CD, Album) | 1998 | Virgin Veritas |
| 10 |  |
Alla Francesca, Dufay, Binchois – Beauté Parfaite(CD, ) | 1997 | Opus 111 |
| 11 |  |
David Munrow & The Early Music Consort Of London – The Art Of Courtly Love | 1996 | His Master's Voice |
| 12 |  |
Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois / Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard – Ballades - Rondeaux - Lamentation(CD, Album) | 1987 | Harmonic Records |
| 13 |  |
Hortus Musicus - Guillaume Dufay / Gilles Binchois – Hortus Musicus, Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois(LP) | 1986 | Мелодия |
| 14 |  |
Instrumentalkreis Helga Weber, Dufay, Binchois, Landini, Machaut – Pour L'amour - Liebeslieder Des 14. Und 15. Jahrhunderts | 1980 | Not On Label |
| 15 |  |
Binchois / Clemencic Consort – Chansons,Rondeaux, Ballades, Missa, Magnificat | 1980 | Harmonia Mundi France |
| 16 |  |
Gilles Binchois, Ensemble Kaproen (Dialogo Musicale) – Gilles Binchois(LP) | 1979 | Monumenta Belgicae Musicae |
| 17 |  |
Busnois / Binchois - Pro Cantione Antiqua, London – Missa «L'homme Armé» / Motetten(LP) | 1978 | Archiv Produktion |
| 18 |  |
Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Brassart, Hugo De Lantins, Richard De Loqueville, John Dunstable, Gilles Binchois, Solage, Johannes Simon De Haspre, Johannes Cesaris, Francescus Andrieu, Nicolaus Grenon, Arnold de Lantins, Robert Norton (4) – Und Seine Zeit . | 1974 | Telefunken |
| 19 |  |
Machaut - De La Halle - Binchois - Attaignant - Dufay - Studio Fur Alte Musik Dusseldorf – Französische Musik Aus Mittelalter Und Renaissance(LP, Stereo) | 1969 | Da Camera Magna |
| 20 |  |
John Dunstable, Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem, Jacob Obrecht, Capella Antiqua München – Geistliche Musik des frühen 15. Jahrhunderts. Die Niederländischen Schulen(7", 45 RPM) | 1960 | Telefunken |
Videos featuring Gilles Binchois
Beaute Parfaite - L´Automen du Moyen Age Chanson des XIV et XV Siecles (Alla Francesca, 1997)
Beaute Parfaite - L´Automen du Moyen Age Chanson des XIV et XV Siecles (Alla Francesca, 1997)
Dufay, Binchois - Triste plaisir et douleureuse joye (Ensemble Gilles Binchois 1987, Harmonic)
Dufay, Binchois - Triste plaisir et douleureuse joye (Ensemble Gilles Binchois 1987, Harmonic)
Dufay & Binchois - Chansons
Triste plaisir et douleureuse joye
Binchois / Dufay: Ballades, Rondeaux, Lamentation
Ensemble Gilles Binchois - Dominique Vellard
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Gilles Binchois - Works : 20 Vostre Alée - Noël Akchoté
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Gilles Binchois – Works Vol. 2 : 20 - Se Je Souspire - Noël Akchoté
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Noël Akchoté - Works: 04 Adieu ma doulce - Gilles Binchois
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Gilles Binchois - Works : 10 Bien Puist - Noël Akchoté
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