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Walter Frye

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British composer

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Representative men of Somerville, from the incoportation of the city in 1872 to 1898

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
England
Active to
1474

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,633
Total plays
8,184

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15th centuryClassicalenglishcomposerchoral

Walter Frye (d. 1474?) was an English composer of the early Renaissance. Nothing certain is known about his life. He may have been a "Walter Cantor" at Ely Cathedral between 1443 and 1466, and he may have been the Walter Frye who joined the London Parish Clerks in 1456; he also may have been the Walter Frye who left a will at Canterbury in 1474. Most of Frye's music survives in manuscripts from the continent, which has suggested to scholars that <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Walter+Frye">

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Walter
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
music
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date of death
1474-01-01
date of birth
1401-01-01
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Walter Frye, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana