The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Binchois, Gilles
(zhl bNshwä´) (KEY) , c.14001460, 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.