Gibbons, Orlando

Gibbons, Orlando
(1583-1625)
   English composer and keyboard artist. Born at Oxford into a family of musicians and reared in Cambridge, where he took a baccalaureate in music in 1606, he received a position in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, in 1596 and became organist in the Chapel Royal in 1605. In 1623 he became organist at Westminster Abbey, providing the music for the funeral of King James VI and composing music for the wedding of the new King Charles I. Gibbons composed a large number of vocal and instrumental secular pieces, but he is best known for his music composed for services of the Anglican Church.

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  • Orlando Gibbons — [Orlando Gibbons] (1583–1625) an English ↑composer and musician. He was the greatest player of keyboard instruments of his time, and wrote many pieces of music for the ↑Church of England which are still used today …   Useful english dictionary

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