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Burgundy became a major centre for musical development during the Renaissance era.[1] Among the dances Burgundy has produced are the elegant, energetic basse danse and the bransle which was associated with the lower classes in the Middle Ages while the upper class likely danced pavanes and galliards. Modern Burgundy is home to music festivals like the Ainey International Music Festival.

The Burgundian School was a group of composers active in the 15th century in what is now eastern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, centred on the court of the Dukes of Burgundy.[2][3][4] The main names associated with this school are Guillaume Dufay,[5] Gilles Binchois,[6] and Antoine Busnois. For a time in the early 15th century, the court of Burgundy was the musical centre of gravity of Europe,[3] eclipsing even Rome, the seat of the Papacy, and Avignon, the home of the Antipopes. By late in the 15th century the Burgundian style was subsumed into the larger stream of Franco-Flemish music.

  1. ^ Lee Ferris, Elizabeth (2019). The Court of Burgundy: A Musically Fluent Society. United States: Cedarville University.
  2. ^ "Burgundian school | Renaissance, Polyphony & Motets | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ^ a b Peters, Gretchen (2012). The musical sounds of medieval French cities: players, patrons, and politics. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 105–109. ISBN 978-1-107-01061-1.
  4. ^ Lord, Suzanne (2008). Music in the Middle Ages: A Reference Guide. ABC-CLIO. pp. 120–124. ISBN 9780313083686.
  5. ^ Haramaki, Gordon. "MUSIC in BURGUNDIAN LANDS" (PDF). San José State University. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. ^ Leichtentritt, Hugo (2013). Music, History, And Ideas. Read Books Limited. ISBN 9781473386051.

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