Orlando Gibbons

English composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)

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Orlando Gibbons was a male organist, composer, and pianist from the Kingdom of England. Born in Oxford on 1583-12-25, he was educated at King's College. His musical career began in 1611, and he is associated with the Baroque music movement, as well as classical and renaissance genres. He spoke English.

Gibbons was the sibling of Ellis Gibbons and the father of Christopher Gibbons. He died in Canterbury on 1625-06-05 and is buried in Canterbury Cathedral. His work has been described by sources including the Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1583
Active to: 1625

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Instance of: human
Given name: Orlando
Family name: Gibbons
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Place of birth: Oxford
Place of death: Canterbury
Child: Christopher Gibbons
Occupation: composer
Languages spoken: English language
Genre: classical music
Movement: Baroque music
Instrument: organ
Image: Orlando Gibbons.jpg

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date of birth: 1583-01-01
date of death: 1625-01-01
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place of burial: Canterbury Cathedral
start of work period: 1611-00-00
name in native language: Orlando Gibbons

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Orlando Gibbons (bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical family dynasty, by the 1610s he was the leading composer and organist in England, with a career cut short by his untimely death in 1625. As a result, Gibbons's oeuvre was not as large as that of his contemporaries, like the elder William Byrd, but he made considerable contributions to many genres of his time. Musicologists characterize his music as exemplifying the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque periods.

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