Gilles de Binche (called Binchois; also known as Gilles de Bins; ca.
1400 – September 20, 1460), is a Netherlandish composer, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian school and one of the three most famous composers of the early fifteenth century.
While often ranked behind his contemporaries Guillaume Dufay and John Dunstable, at least by contemporary scholars, his influence is arguably greater than either, since his works are cited, borrowed and used as source material more often than those by any other composer of the time.