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English musician and composer

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

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2,546
Total plays
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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

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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
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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
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