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Philip Rosseter

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Also known as Philip Roseter

English composer and musician

Person · Open Library

Born
1567 or 8
Died
1623
Works
4

Top works

  • A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian, and base violl
  • A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian, and base violl, by Philip Rosseter lutenist: and are to be solde at his house in Fleetstreete neere to the Grayhound
  • A book of ayres
  • Songs from Rosseter's Book of airs

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1567
Active to
1623-05-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,385
Total plays
5,606

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renaissanceClassicalluteearly musicbaroque

Philip Rosseter (1567/1568 – May 5, 1623) was an English composer and musician, as well as a theatrical manager. From 1603 until his death in 1623 he was lutenist for James I of England. Rosseter is best known for A Book of Aires which was written with Thomas Campion. Some literary critics have held that Campion wrote the poems for Rosseter's songs; however this seems not to be the case. It is likely that Campion was the author to the book's preface, which criticized excessive madrigalisms and c

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date of birth
1568-01-01
date of death
1623-05-05
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