The Burgundian School was a group of composers active in the 15th century in what is now northern and eastern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, centered on the court of the Dukes of Burgundy. The school inaugurated the music of Burgundy.
Composer Guillaume Dufay (left) and Gilles Binchois (right), Martin le Franc, "Champion des Dames"
Guillaume Du Fay was a composer and music theorist of early Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered the leading European composer of his time, his music was widely performed and reproduced. Du Fay was well-associated with composers of the Burgundian School, particularly his colleague Gilles Binchois, but was never a regular member of the Burgundian chapel himself.
Du Fay (left) beside a portative organ, with Gilles Binchois (right) holding a small harp in a miniature from before 1451. See § Portraits
Sketch of Old Cambrai Cathedral before its destruction in the French Revolution
Pope Eugene IV, in a portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, who employed Du Fay in the papal choir
Letter from Du Fay to the Medici, 22 February 1454