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British composer

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W. de Wycombe (Wicumbe, and perhaps Whichbury) (late thirteenth century) was an English composer and copyist of the Medieval era. He was precentor of the priory of Leominster in Herefordshire. He may have been the composer of the most famous tune from medieval England, Sumer is icumen in, though the identification is considered by most scholars to be tenuous. Wycombe is also known variously as Willelmus de Winchecumbe, Willelmo de Winchecumbe or William of Winchcomb. <a href="https://www.last.f

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human
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male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Occupation
music theorist
Languages spoken
English language
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start of work period
1270-00-00
end of work period
1280-00-00
date of birth
1201-00-00
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