Other Information:
He was probably born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire in England sometime
between 1380 and 1390. He died in London. He was a composer,
mathematician, and astrologer. He worked for various royalty and
traveled through England and France. Part of his life was probably
spent serving the English Duke of Bedford, Regent of France from
1422 to 1435 and commander of the English army that fought against
Joan of Arc. Dunstable is known as a composer of declamatory motets
in which the natural rhythm of the text heavily influences the
rhythms of the music. His work is considered to be of reputation
similar to that of Binchois and Dufay. Together with Binchois and
Dufay he is classifed as belonging to the Burgundian School of late
Medieval/early Renaissance composition.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Reese, Gustave, Music in the Middle Ages : With
an Introduction on the Music of Ancient Times, W.W. Norton
& Company, October 1940, ISBN: 0393097501
Sachs, Curt, The Rise of Music in the Ancient
World , W. W. Norton & Company, 1943, ASIN:
0393097188
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Links to essays at other sites:
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Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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