Guillaume Dufay

Guillaume Dufay

Musician · France · 1397–1474

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Dufay is celebrated as a composer of the Renaissance, with a career that spanned from 1397 to 1474.

He was considered the leading European composer of his time, with music that was widely performed and reproduced.

Dufay was one of the first composers to focus primarily on composition, marking a significant shift in the role of musicians in Europe.

Biography

Early Life

Guillaume Dufay was born on August 5, 1397, likely in Beersel, near Brussels, as the illegitimate son of a priest and a woman named Marie Du Fayt. His early life was spent in Cambrai, where he lived with a relative who was a canon at the local cathedral. This environment fostered his musical development, and he became one of the most documented composers of the 15th century, thanks to the meticulous record-keeping of the institutions he was associated with.

Career

Dufay emerged as a leading figure in early Renaissance music, known for his contributions to polyphony and classical music. His career spanned several decades, during which he became renowned for his mastery of various musical forms, including masses, motets, and chansons. He was closely associated with the Burgundian School and collaborated with notable contemporaries like Gilles Binchois, although he was never a regular member of the Burgundian chapel. His compositions were characterized by a blend of late-medieval techniques and early Renaissance harmonies, making him a pivotal figure in the evolution of Western music.

Legacy

Dufay's influence on music was profound; he was one of the first composers to focus primarily on composition as a profession, a concept that was still developing in his time. His works are celebrated for their melodic beauty and structural control, and he is often regarded as the greatest composer of his era. The Dufay Collective, an early music ensemble, is named in his honor, reflecting his lasting impact on the field of music.

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Discography

Albums
Missæ: Resvellies Vous - Ave Maria CœlorumMissæ: Resvellies Vous - Ave Maria Cœlorum2000
  1. 1.Ballata "Resvellies Vous"6:43
  2. 2.Missa "Resvellies Vous": Kyrie3:21
  3. 3.Missa "Resvellies Vous": Gloria6:20
  4. 4.Missa "Resvellies Vous": Credo4:18
  5. 5.Missa "Resvellies Vous": Sanctus4:48
  6. 6.Missa "Resvellies Vous": Agnus Dei3:02
  7. 7.Missa "Ave Maria Cœlorum": Kyrie9:41
  8. 8.Missa "Ave Maria Cœlorum": Gloria7:45
  9. 9.Missa "Ave Maria Cœlorum": Credo10:54
  10. 10.Missa "Ave Maria Cœlorum": Sanctus7:54
  11. 11.Missa "Ave Maria Cœlorum": Agnus Dei6:37
Musique sacrée & balladesMusique sacrée & ballades1999
  1. 1.Kyrie 111:27
  2. 2.Gloria 111:47
  3. 3.Credo 13:15
  4. 4.Sanctus 35:56
  5. 5.Sanctus papale7:36
  6. 6.Gloria ad modum tubae2:19
  7. 7.Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae3:05
  8. 8.Ave regina caelorum1:37
  9. 9.Mittit ad virginem5:22
  10. 10.Veni creator spiritus4:46
  11. 11.Quel fronte Signorille (Ballata)2:23
  12. 12.J’atendray tant qu’il vous playra (Rondeau)2:25
  13. 13.Se la face ay pale (Ballade)3:11
Musica mensurabilis, Volume 1Musica mensurabilis, Volume 11998
  1. 1.Missa Ecce ancilla Domini: Kyrie6:17
  2. 2.Missa Ecce ancilla Domini: Gloria5:42
  3. 3.Missa Ecce ancilla Domini: Credo9:12
  4. 4.Missa Ecce ancilla Domini: Sanctus7:34
  5. 5.Missa Ecce ancilla Domini: Agnus Dei5:04
  6. 6.Missa pro defunctis (Requiem): Introitus2:32
  7. 7.Missa pro defunctis (Requiem): Kyrie4:17
  8. 8.Missa pro defunctis (Requiem): Graduale4:45
  9. 9.Missa pro defunctis (Requiem): Tractus7:08
  10. 10.Missa pro defunctis (Requiem): Offertorium9:06
Music for St. James the GreaterMusic for St. James the Greater1998
  1. 1.Mass for St. James the Greater: Introit4:28
  2. 2.Mass for St. James the Greater: Kyrie5:26
  3. 3.Mass for St. James the Greater: Gloria4:48
  4. 4.Mass for St. James the Greater: Alleluia5:20
  5. 5.Mass for St. James the Greater: Credo8:40
  6. 6.Mass for St. James the Greater: Offertory3:41
  7. 7.Mass for St. James the Greater: Sanctus4:16
  8. 8.Mass for St. James the Greater: Agnus Dei2:42
  9. 9.Mass for St. James the Greater: Communio1:47
  10. 10.Rite majorem Jacobum canamus / Arcibus summis miseri reclusi4:19
  11. 11.Balsamus et munda cera4:31
  12. 12.Gloria5:52
  13. 13.Credo6:50
  14. 14.Apostolo glorioso3:47
L'Homme arméL'Homme armé1997
  1. 1.Chanson "L'Homme armé"0:29
  2. 2.Messe "L'Homme armé": Kyrie: Kyrie 11:01
  3. 3.Messe "L'Homme armé": Kyrie: Christe1:11
  4. 4.Messe "L'Homme armé": Kyrie: Kyrie 21:14
  5. 5.Messe "L'Homme armé": Gloria6:27
  6. 6.Intervention A1:40
  7. 7.Messe "L'Homme armé": Credo9:53
  8. 8.Intervention B1:52
  9. 9.Messe "L'Homme armé": Sanctus: Sanctus4:22
  10. 10.Messe "L'Homme armé": Sanctus: Benedictus2:32
  11. 11.Intervention C2:44
  12. 12.Messe "L'Homme armé": Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei 12:00
  13. 13.Messe "L'Homme armé": Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei 21:32
  14. 14.Messe "L'Homme armé": Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei 33:26
  15. 15.L'Homme armé: I. Litanie de l'homme armé9:48
  16. 16.L'Homme armé: II. "...Que la guerre est jolie..."5:34
  17. 17.L'Homme armé: III. Les mondes se sont tus1:38
  18. 18.L'Homme armé: IV. Repos de l'homme armé5:59
  19. 19.L'Homme armé: V. Thrène5:34
The Virgin and the Temple: Chant & MotetsThe Virgin and the Temple: Chant & Motets1997
  1. 1.Ceremonial and Liturgical Motets: Nuper rosaum flores6:27
  2. 2.Ceremonial and Liturgical Motets: Alma redemptoris mater II3:38
  3. 3.Ceremonial and Liturgical Motets: Letabundus6:40
  4. 4.Ceremonial and Liturgical Motets: Ecclesie militantis6:06
  5. 5.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Deus in adiutorium meum0:42
  6. 6.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Tenebre diffugiunt / Laudate pueri Dominum3:18
  7. 7.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Solem iusticie / Laudate Dominum omnes gentes2:12
  8. 8.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Gabriel archangelus / Lauda anima mea Dominum4:28
  9. 9.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Non concava vallium / Laudate Dominum quoniam bonus est4:15
  10. 10.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Virgo puerum / Lauda Iherusalem Dominum3:31
  11. 11.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Hymn: Gaude redempta2:36
  12. 12.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Responsory: Surge propera, columba mea3:08
  13. 13.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Vidi speciosam / Magnificat sexti toni11:32
  14. 14.Recollectio festorum beate Marie Virginis: Benedicamus Domino II1:33
Complete Secular MusicComplete Secular Music1997
  1. 1.Ce jour de l'an (rondeau for 3 voices)3:06
  2. 2.Entre vous, gentils amoureux (rondeau for 3 voices)3:19
  3. 3.Resveilliés vous et faites chiere lye (ballade for 3 voices)5:49
  4. 4.J'ay mis mon cuer et ma pensee (ballade for 3 voices)1:22
  5. 5.Navré je suis d'un dart penetratif (rondeau for 3 voices)3:39
  6. 6.L'alta belleza tua virtute valore (ballata for 3 voices)2:05
  7. 7.Helas, et quant vous veray (rondeau for 3 voices)1:28
  8. 8.Je donne a tous les amoureux (rondeau for 3 voices)3:33
  9. 9.Je veuil chanter de cuer joyeux (rondeau for 3 voices)2:22
  10. 10.Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser (rondeau for 4 voices)6:04
  11. 11.Je requier a tous amoureux (rondeau for 3 voices)2:17
  12. 12.Resvelons nous, resvelons, amoureux (rondeau for 3 voices)1:15
  13. 13.Invidia nimica (song for 4 voices)5:22
  14. 14.Ma belle dame, je vous pri (rondeau for 3 voices)3:36
  15. 15.Passato è il tempo omai di quei pensieri (ballata for 3 voices)4:15
  16. 16.Pour ce que veoir je ne puis (rondeau for 3 voices)3:09
  17. 17.Par droit je puis bien complaindre et gemir (rondeau for 3 or 4 voices)4:00
  18. 18.Belle, que vous ay je meffait (rondeau for 3 voices)1:53
  19. 19.Se ma dame je puis veir (rondeau for 3 voices)2:38
  20. 20.Mon chier amy, qu'aves vous empensé (ballade for 3 voices)6:15
  21. 21.Belle plaissant et gracieuse (rondeau for 3 voices)0:58
  22. 22.Ma belle dame souveraine (rondeau for 4 voices)3:44
  23. 23.Helas, ma dame, par amours (rondeau for 3 voices)2:09
  24. 24.J'atendray tant qu'il vous playra (rondeau for 3 voices)1:44
  25. 25.J'ay grant (dolour) (rondeau for 3 voices)1:26
  26. 26.La Belle se siet au pied de la tour (chanson for 3 voices)1:36
  27. 27.Ce moys de may (rondeau for 3 voices)3:07
  28. 28.Je ne suy plus tel que souloye (rondeau for 3 voices)2:20
  29. 29.La dolce vista del tuo viso pio (ballata for 3 voices)2:24
  30. 30.Je me complains piteusement (ballade for 3 voices)1:56
  31. 31.Bien veignés vous, amoureuse liesse (rondeau for 3 voices)0:47
  32. 32.Dona i ardenti ray (ballata for 3 voices)1:50
  33. 33.Quel fronte signorille in paradiso (for 3 voices)3:01
  34. 34.Bon jour, bon mois, bon an et bonne estraine (rondeau for 3 voices)1:28
  35. 35.Estrinés moy, je vous estrineray (rondeau for 3 voices)4:07
  36. 36.Je ne puis plus ce que y'ai peu (rondeau for 3 voices)1:07
  37. 37.Pour l'amour de ma doulce amye (rondeau for 3 or 4 voices)4:01
  38. 38.Hé, compaignons, resvelons nous (rondeau for 4 voices)3:36
  39. 39.Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys (rondeau for 3 voices)4:09
  40. 40.Pour l'amour de ma doulce amye (rondeau for 3 or 4 voices)4:04
  41. 41.Or me veult bien Esperance mentir (ballade for 3 voices)2:32
  42. 42.Belle, veulliés moy retenir (rondeau for 3 voices)4:00
  43. 43.Vergene bella (cantilena motet for 3 voices)3:39
  44. 44.Belle, veulliés vostre mercy donner (rondeau for 3 voices)4:29
  45. 45.C'est bien raison de devoir essaucier (ballade for 3 voices)9:12
  46. 46.Mon bien, m'amour (rondeau for 3 voices)3:49
  47. 47.Je prens congié de vous, Amours (rondeau for 3 voices)3:53
  48. 48.Mille bonjours je vous presente (rondeau for 3 voices)1:22
  49. 49.Craindre vous vueil, doulce dame de pris (rondeau for 3 voices)4:45
  50. 50.Entre les plus plaines danoy (rondeau for 3 voices)1:02
  51. 51.Se la face ay pale (ballade for 3 voices)2:47
  52. 52.Dona gentile, bella come l'oro (rondeau for 3 voices)4:12
  53. 53.Bien doy servir de volenté entiere (ballade for 3 voices)1:52
  54. 54.Las, que feray? Ne que je devenray? (rondeau for 3 voices)4:19
  55. 55.Hic iocundus sumit mundus (contrafactum of rondeau for 3 voices)1:12
  56. 56.Pouray je avoir vostre mercy? (rondeau for 3 voices)3:57
  57. 57.Qu'est devenue leaulté? (rondeau for 3 voices)0:50
  58. 58.Ce jour le doibt, aussi fait la saison (ballade for 3 voices)5:35
  59. 59.Seigneur Leon, vous soyes bienvenus (rondeau for 4 voices, attributed)1:21
  60. 60.Donnés l'assault a la fortresse (rondeau for 3 or 4 voices)4:13
  61. 61.Se la face ay pale (ballade for 3 voices)2:47
  62. 62.Je languis en piteux martire (ballade for 3 voices; attributed; also attributed to Dunstaple)5:35
  63. 63.Trop long temps ai esté en desplaisir (rondeau for 3 voices)1:38
  64. 64.J'ayme bien celui qui s'en va (rondeau for 2 or 3 voices; after Fontaine)2:31
  65. 65.Va t'en, mon cuer, jour et nuitie (rondeau for 3 voices)3:55
  66. 66.Puisque celle qui me tient en prison (rondeau for 3 voices)0:55
  67. 67.Vo regard et doulce maniere (rondeau for 3 voices)2:55
  68. 68.Or pleust a Dieu qu'a son plaisir (rondeau for 3 voices)5:21
  69. 69.Juvenis qui puellam (cantilena motet for 3 voices)5:13
  70. 70.Je n'ay doubté fors que des envieux (rondeau for 3 voices)1:15
  71. 71.Par le regard de vos beaux yeux (rondeau for 3 voices)3:50
  72. 72.Adyeu, quitte le demeurant (rondeau for 3 voices)1:03
  73. 73.S'il est plaisir que je vous puisse faire (virelai for 4 voices)6:38
  74. 74.Belle, veulliés moy vengier (rondeau for 3 voices)5:16
  75. 75.O tres piteulx (cantilena motet for 4 voices)3:11
  76. 76.Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joye (rondeau for 3 voices)5:37
  77. 77.Se la face ay pale (ballade for 3 voices)1:09
  78. 78.Ne je ne dors, ne je ne veille (rondeau for 3 voices)4:59
  79. 79.Puisque vous estez campieur (rondeau for 3 voices)3:30
  80. 80.O flos florum (cantilena motet for 3 voices)1:04
  81. 81.Je vous pri, mon tres doulx ami (chanson for 4 voices)1:34
  82. 82.Ma plus mignonne de mon cueur (rondeau for 3 voices)4:04
  83. 83.Departes vous, Malebouche et Envie (rondeau for 3 voices; attributed; also attributed to Ockeghem)1:13
  84. 84.Dieu gard la bone sans reprise (rondeau for 3 voices)5:32
  85. 85.En triumphant de Cruel Dueil (rondeau for 3 voices)4:51
  86. 86.Je ne vis onques la pareille (rondeau for 3 voices; attributed; also attrib. to Binchois)4:01
  87. 87.De ma haulte et bonne aventure (virelai for 3 voices)6:00
  88. 88.Du tout m'estoie abandonné (rondeau for 3 voices)1:21
  89. 89.Malheureulx cueur, que vieulx tu faire? (virelai for 3 voices)4:34
  90. 90.Mon seul plaisir, ma doulce joye4:49
  91. 91.Helas mon dueil, a ce cop sui je mort (virelai for 3 voices)3:01
  92. 92.Franc cuer gentil, sur toutes gracieuse (rondeau for 3 voices)5:28
  93. 93.Vostre bruit et vostre grant fame (rondeau for 3 voices)5:35
  94. 94.Resistera...1:06
  95. 95.Le serviteur hault guerdonné (rondeau for 3 voices)5:09
  96. 96.Les douleurs, dont me sens tel somme (rondeau for 4 voices)5:18
Music for St Anthony of PaduaMusic for St Anthony of Padua1996
  1. 1.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Introit “In medio ecclesiae”5:49
  2. 2.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Kyrie2:28
  3. 3.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Gloria8:06
  4. 4.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Gradual “Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam”6:41
  5. 5.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Alleluia “Anthoni compar inclite”6:23
  6. 6.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Credo8:53
  7. 7.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Offertory “Veritas mea”3:35
  8. 8.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Sanctus6:13
  9. 9.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Agnus Dei3:28
  10. 10.Missa de S Anthonii de Padua: Communion “Domine, quinque talenta”2:41
  11. 11.O proles Hispaniae / O sidus Hispaniae4:28
ChansonsChansons1996
  1. 1.J'ay mis mon cuer3:31
  2. 2.Par droit je puis bien complaindre3:47
  3. 3.Quel fronte signorille - La dolce vista6:04
  4. 4.Puisque vous estez campieur3:32
  5. 5.Belle, que vous ay je mesfait3:38
  6. 6.Vergene bella4:20
  7. 7.Se la face ay pale2:36
  8. 8.Donnes l'assault à Ia fortresse4:38
  9. 9.Par le regard de vos beaux yeux4:03
  10. 10.Resvelons nous2:26
  11. 11.Ce jour de l'an2:21
  12. 12.Mon chier amy2:24
  13. 13.Pour l'amour de ma doulce amye3:41
  14. 14.Helas mon dueil4:04
  15. 15.Bon jour, bon mois3:00
  16. 16.Resvelliés vous et faites chiere lye2:47
  17. 17.Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys5:33
Mass for St. Anthony of PaduaMass for St. Anthony of Padua1996
  1. 1.Introitus: In medio ecclesie6:30
  2. 2.Kyrie2:40
  3. 3.Gloria9:25
  4. 4.Graduale: Os iusti8:03
  5. 5.Allelulia: Antoni, compar inclite6:25
  6. 6.Credo10:25
  7. 7.Offertorium: Veritas mea3:09
  8. 8.Sanctus7:30
  9. 9.Agnus Dei4:55
  10. 10.Communio: Domine, quinque talenta3:05
  11. 11.Hymnus: Veni creator spiritus6:30
Se la face ay paleSe la face ay pale1996
  1. 1.Gloria ad modum tubae2:39
  2. 2.Chanson ‘Se la face ay pale’: 1. Original three-part version – 2. Two keyboard versions from ‘Buxheimer Orglebuch’ – 3. Four-part instrumental version (attrib. Dufay)7:34
  3. 3.Missa Se la face ay pale: Kyrie5:03
  4. 4.Missa Se la face ay pale: Gloria8:31
  5. 5.Missa Se la face ay pale: Credo7:51
  6. 6.Missa Se la face ay pale: Sanctus7:31
  7. 7.Missa Se la face ay pale: Agnus Dei6:09
Missa L'Homme armé / Supremum est mortalibus bonumMissa L'Homme armé / Supremum est mortalibus bonum1995

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De Vlaamse Polyfonie: Guillaume Dufay En BourgondiëDe Vlaamse Polyfonie: Guillaume Dufay En Bourgondië1995
  1. 1.Veni Sancte Spiritus
  2. 2.Salve Flos Tuscae Gentis
  3. 3.Miranda Parit
  4. 4.La Belle Se Siet
  5. 5.Gloria In Excelsis
  6. 6.Anima Mea Liquefacta Est
  7. 7.Amours Nous Traitte
  8. 8.Anthoni Usque Limina
  9. 9.Triste Plaisir de Douloureuse Joye
  10. 10.Amours Merchi
  11. 11.Asperges Me
  12. 12.Magnificat
  13. 13.Ave Domina Sancta Maria
  14. 14.De Tous Bien Plaine
  15. 15.Amor Che Sospirar
  16. 16.Fortuna Desperata
  17. 17.Regina Caeli
  18. 18.Invidia Nimica
  19. 19.He, Compaignons
Missa Ecce ancilla DominiMissa Ecce ancilla Domini1994

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Missa Se La Face Ay PaleMissa Se La Face Ay Pale1994

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Missa Sine nomine / Missa Ecce ancilla DominiMissa Sine nomine / Missa Ecce ancilla Domini1993

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Recollectio (Festorum Beatae Mariae Virginis)Recollectio (Festorum Beatae Mariae Virginis)1990

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HymnsHymns1988

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Missae: Ave regina caelorum / Ecce ancilla DominiMissae: Ave regina caelorum / Ecce ancilla Domini1988

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Ballades / Rondeaux / LamentationBallades / Rondeaux / Lamentation1987

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Missa "L'homme armé" / MotetsMissa "L'homme armé" / Motets1987

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Missa sine nomineMissa sine nomine1986

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MotetsMotets1975

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Musik Von Guillaume DufayMusik Von Guillaume Dufay1959

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Madrigale e Caccie from the Codex of Antonio Squarcialupi / Five Sacred SongsMadrigale e Caccie from the Codex of Antonio Squarcialupi / Five Sacred Songs1955

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FR

Born

1397-08-05

Died

1474-11-27

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: Dufay, Guillame Dufay, Guillaume Du Fay

Disambiguation

French 15th century composer

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composer of the Renaissance (1397–1474)

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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.

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