Gilles Binchois: Se la belle

Binchois was a contemporary of Guilliame Dufay, and the leading composer at the court of Burgundy during the middle third of the fifteenth century. Binchois is remembered primarily for his secular chansons, for which composition he was known during his lifetime as at least the equal of Dufay.

His entire creative life was spent in Burgundy, and so his style is less varied – more grounded – than those of many other prominent composers of the era. Binchois' output represents one of the highest points in French secular composition in the 15th century, every song being a carefully crafted masterpiece.

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Music

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• Flemish
• polyphony

[Anakay]

Se la belle n’a le voloir D’alegier mon piteux martire Il ne m’est nul besoin de rire Pour le mal qui me fait doloir Car je n’ay cuer, corps ne pouvoir Qui puist a tel dolour souffrire Se la belle n’a le voloir D’alegier mon piteux martire, Et pour la verité savoir A toute heure mon mal empire Dont je m’en vois de droite tire Ma mort prochaine recevoir. Se la belle n’a le voloir D’alegier mon piteux martire Il ne m’est nul besoin de rire Pour le mal qui me fait doloir.

[reinpost]

Well said. I have the distinct feeling the lower parts were for lute, but however it's performed, he's among the top song composers of any age.