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Composers of the Week: Dufay, Binchois and Their Contemporaries

BBC Radio 3
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With Christopher Page.
3: The English Demeanour
In the 15th century, Martin le Franc admitted that Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois had been influenced by the so-called English demeanour. Christopher Page explores this style through the music of John Dunstable , Walter Frye and Robert Morton , and traces its effect on other composers. Performances by the Orlando Consort. Gothic Voices, Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) and Christopher Wilson (lute). Repeated from last Wednesday

Contributors

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Martin Le Franc
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Guillaume Dufay
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Gilles Binchois
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Christopher Page
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John Dunstable
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Walter Frye
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Robert Morton
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Christopher Wilson
Source: Radio Times

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