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Dufay, Guillaume, 1397-1474

LC control no.n 82003138
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LC classificationML410.D83 Biography
Personal name headingDufay, Guillaume, 1397-1474
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Variant(s)Dufay, Guglielmi, 1397-1474
Du Fay, Guillaume, 1397-1474
Du Fayt, Guillaume, 1397-1474
Defay, Guillaume, 1397-1474
Fay, Guillaume du, 1397-1474
Fay, Wilhelm du, 1397-1474
Du Fay, Wilhelm, 1397-1474
Fayt, Guillaume du, 1397-1474
Dufay, Guillaume, d. 1474
Associated countryFrance
Birth date1397-08-05~
Death date1474-11-27
Place of birthBeerzel (Belgium)
Place of deathCambrai (France)
Profession or occupationComposers
Found inBorren, C. van den. L'esthétique musicale, 1911.
His Recollectio Festorum Beatae Mariae Virginis, p1990: label (Guillaume du Fay)
New Grove, 2nd ed. (Du Fay (Dufay; Du Fayt), Guillaume; b. Aug. 5?, 1397, Beersel, d. Nov. 27, 1474, Cambrai; French composer and theorist; his original patronymic was Du Fayt, apparently altered by him to Du Fay during his years in Italy; the family name (Du Fay, Du Fayt) universally spelled as two words in all 14th- and 15th-century documents traceable directly to bearers of the name)
OCLC, September 28, 2016 (access point: Dufay, Guillaume, -1474; usage: Guillaume Dufay; Guillaume Du Fay; Guillaume du Fay; Wilhelm du Fay; Guillaume Defay; Guglielmi Dufay)
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