▁as ▁indicated ▁by ▁a ▁line ▁in ▁the ▁fun eral ▁mot et ▁composed ▁in ▁his ▁memory ▁by ▁O ck eg hem . ▁S omet ime ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 4 2 0 s ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁court ▁chap el ▁of ▁Burg und y , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁mot et ▁N ove ▁cant um ▁mel od ie ▁( 1 4 3 2 ) ▁he ▁was ▁evidently ▁a ▁singer ▁there , ▁since ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁mot et ▁itself ▁lists ▁all ▁ 1 9 ▁sing ers ▁in ▁place ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁He ▁eventually ▁retired ▁in ▁So ign ies , ▁evidently ▁with ▁a ▁substantial ▁p ension ▁for ▁his ▁long ▁years ▁of ▁excellent ▁service ▁to ▁the ▁Burg und ian ▁court . ▁ ▁Music ▁and ▁influence ▁Bin cho is ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁fin est ▁mel od ist ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century , ▁writing ▁carefully ▁sh aped ▁lines ▁which ▁are ▁not ▁only ▁easy ▁to ▁sing ▁but ▁utter ly ▁memor able . ▁His ▁t unes ▁appeared ▁in ▁copies ▁dec ades ▁after ▁his ▁death , ▁and ▁were ▁often ▁used ▁as ▁sources ▁for ▁Mass ▁composition ▁by ▁later ▁compos ers . ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁music , ▁even ▁his ▁sacred ▁music , ▁is ▁simple ▁and ▁clear ▁in ▁outline , ▁sometimes ▁even ▁asc etic ; ▁a ▁greater ▁contrast ▁between ▁Bin cho is ▁and ▁the ▁extreme ▁complexity ▁of ▁the ▁ar s ▁sub til ior ▁of ▁the ▁prior ▁( four teenth ) ▁century ▁would ▁be ▁hard ▁to ▁imagine . ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁sec ular ▁songs