Dufay, Guillaume

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  1. Du Fay, Guillaume Alternative Names
  2. between January 1, 1397 and December 31, 1400 in Brüssel
  3. November 27, 1474 in Cambrai
  4. Komponist
  5. Cambrai

Iconography

Du Fay (left) beside a portative organ, with Gilles Binchois (right) holding a small harp in a miniature from before 1451.[1] See § Portraits (Source: Wikimedia)
Sketch of Old Cambrai Cathedral before its destruction in the French Revolution (Source: Wikimedia)
Pope Eugene IV, in a portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, who employed Du Fay in the papal choir (Source: Wikimedia)
Letter from Du Fay to the Medici, 22 February 1454 (Source: Wikimedia)
Portion of Du Fay's setting of Ave maris stella, in fauxbourdon. The top line is a paraphrase of the chant; the middle line, designated "fauxbourdon", (not written) follows the top line but exactly a perfect fourth below. The bottom line is often, but not always, a sixth below the top line; it is embellished, and reaches cadences on the octave. Playⓘ (Source: Wikimedia)
Du Fay's funeral monument; he is the kneeling figure at the left (Source: Wikimedia)

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