Most of his music, even his sacred music, is simple and clear in outline, sometimes even ascetic; a greater contrast between Binchois and the extreme complexity of the "ars subtilior" of the prior (fourteenth) century would be hard to imagine.
Most of his music, even his sacred music, is simple and clear in outline, sometimes even ascetic (monk-like). A greater contrast between Binchois and the extreme complexity of the "ars subtilior" of the prior (fourteenth) century would be hard to imagine.