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Guillaume Dufay

Died on November 27, 1474

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Guillaume Du Fay ( dyoo-FEYE, French:; also Dufay, Du Fayt; 5 August 1397 – 27 November 1474) 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.

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