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Welsh composer

Person · Open Library

Born
1572
Died
1656
Works
17

Top works

  • Thomas Tomkins
  • Thirteen anthems
  • Six-part consort music
  • Above the starrs (HMU907320)
  • Lingua

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Listeners · Last.fm

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10,359
Total plays
58,493

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Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656) was a Welsh-born composer of Cornish origins of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort music. He was born in St David's in Pembrokeshire. His father was also a musician, a vicar choral of the cathedral of St Davids, and organist there; his three half-brothers were musicians as well, but none attained the fame of Thomas. <a href="https://w

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Thomas
Gender
male
Place of birth
St Davids
Place of death
Worcestershire
Occupation
organist
Languages spoken
English language
Student of
William Byrd
Instrument
organ
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name in native language
Thomas Tomkin
date of birth
1572-01-01
date of death
1656-06-09
Commons category
Thomas Tomkins (composer)
start of work period
1601-00-00
P12749
Q146835
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Thomas Tomkins, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana