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- Born
- 1567 or 8
- Died
- 1623
- Works
- 4
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- 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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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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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Philip
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- lute
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- date of birth
- 1568-01-01
- date of death
- 1623-05-05
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