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Henry Lawes
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Vinony's link graph records 90 inbound references to Henry Lawes, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, John Milton and University of Oxford.
It is catalogued under topics including 1596 births, 1662 deaths and 17th-century English classical composers.
Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1596
- Died
- 1662
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Poems, songs, and sonnets, together with a masque
- Choice Psalmes put into musick, for three voices
- Poems, songs and sonnets
- The treasury of musick
- Ayres and dialogues
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1595-12-05
- Active to
- 1662-10-21
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,546
- Total plays
- 6,200
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Henry Lawes (December 5, 1595 – October 21, 1662) was an English musician and composer. He was born at Dinton in Wiltshire, and received his musical education from John Cooper, better known under his Italian pseudonym Giovanni Coperario, a famous composer of the day. In 1626, Lawes was received as one of the gentlemen of the chapel royal, and held the position until the Commonwealth put a stop to church music. Nevertheless Lawes continued his work as a composer <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wiltshire
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Image
- Henry Lawes.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1596-01-05
- date of death
- 1662-10-21
- Commons category
- Henry Lawes
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- P8168
- Ferenc Glatz
- P12749
- Össur Skarphéðinsson
- student
- Mary Dering
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