Friday, October 28, 2022

TDCM: October 28th - William Lawes

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 


William Lawes (1602-1645)


Bio

William Lawes was born in Salisbury. Both his father and his uncle were successful musicians and he was apprenticed to composer John Coprario. Through that apprenticeship, they were given court appointments in Charles I's court in London. He was killed serving the Royalists during the English Civil War.

Music

Fantasia


The New Old Albion


Consort Sett in G minor



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