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Antoine Busnois

1430 - 1492

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Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys; c. 1430 – before 6 November 1492) was a French composer, singer and poet of early Renaissance music. Busnois and colleague Johannes Ockeghem were the leading European composers of the second half the 15th century, and central figures of the early Franco-Flemish School. While also noted as a composer of motets and other sacred music, he was one of the most renowned 15th-century composers of secular polyphonic chansons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Busnois has received more than 96,734 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Antoine Busnois is the 468th most popular composer (up from 502nd in 2019), the 2,002nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,046th in 2019) and the 70th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Antoine Busnois ranks 468 out of 1,451. Before him are Gaspar Sanz, Giovanni Pacini, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Jean Absil, and Vítězslav Novák. After him are Théodore Dubois, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Eugen Doga, Albert Lortzing, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, and Maurice Duruflé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1430, Antoine Busnois ranks 13. Before him are Dorothea of Brandenburg, Heinrich Kramer, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Justus van Gent, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, and Francesco Laurana. After him are Desiderio da Settignano, Oliviero Carafa, Fernando II, Duke of Braganza, Uhwudong, Nicolas Froment, and Francesco II Acciaioli. Among people deceased in 1492, Antoine Busnois ranks 9. Before him are Piero della Francesca, Jami, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Elizabeth Woodville, Gülbahar Hatun, and Beatrice of Silva. After him are Sonni Ali, Jaume Huguet, and Christina Abrahamsdotter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Busnois ranks 2,002 out of 6,770. Before him are François Lemoyne (1688), William Iron Arm (1010), Eugène Tisserant (1884), Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718), Maurice Papon (1910), and Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808). After him are Danielle Mitterrand (1924), Peire Vidal (1140), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), Pierre Levegh (1905), Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), and Théodore Dubois (1837).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Antoine Busnois ranks 70. Before him are Georg Muffat (1653), André Jolivet (1905), Étienne Méhul (1763), Louis Durey (1888), Franck Pourcel (1913), and Mélanie Bonis (1858). After him are Théodore Dubois (1837), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Maurice Duruflé (1902), Florent Schmitt (1870), Alexandre Desplat (1961), and Alexandre Guilmant (1837).

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