Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons (baptised December 25 1583 – June 5 1625) was an English composer and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods.

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Baptised - December 25 - 1583 - June 5 - 1625 - English - Composer - Tudor - Jacobean periods

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He was born in Oxford. Between 1596 and 1598 he sang in the choir of King's College, Cambridge; he achieved the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606. James I appointed him a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, where he served as an organist from at least 1615 until his death. He died in Canterbury, of apoplexy, and a monument to him was built in Canterbury Cathedral.

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Oxford - 1596 - 1598 - King's College - Cambridge - 1606 - James I - 1615 - Canterbury - Apoplexy

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One of the most versatile English composers of his time, he wrote a quantity of keyboard works, around thirty fantasias for viols, a number of madrigals (the best known being The Silver Swan) and many popular verse anthems.

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Keyboard - Fantasia - Viol - Madrigal - Verse anthem

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The eccentric virtuoso pianist Glenn Gould once named Gibbons as his favorite composer of all time.

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Eccentric - Virtuoso - Pianist - Glenn Gould

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