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Binchois, Gilles
 
 
(zhl bNshwä´) (KEY) , c.1400–1460, Flemish composer. From about 1430 until his death Binchois served Philip the Good of Burgundy. His secular chansons are considered his best work. The 15th-century theorist Tinctoris ranked him with Dufay and Dunstable.
 
 
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