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Henry Lawes
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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
composer
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,546
- Total plays
- 6,200
Tags
englishbaroquecomposerClassicalengland
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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