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The English Madrigal School was the intense flowering of the musical madrigal in England, mostly from 1588 to 1627, along with the composers who produced them. The English madrigals were a cappella, predominantly light in style, and generally began as either copies or direct translations of Italian models.
Thomas Weelkes (1576 (?) – 1623) was an English composer and organist. He became organist of Winchester College in 1598, moving to Chichester Cathedral. His works are chiefly vocal, and include madrigals, anthems and services.
Pages in category "English madrigal composers" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. John Attey; C.
Artistically, the madrigal was the most important form of secular music in Renaissance Italy, and reached its formal and historical zenith in the later-16th century, when the form also was taken up by German and English composers, such as John Wilbye (1574–1638), Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623), and Thomas Morley (1557–1602) of the English ...
Thomas Morley (1557 – early October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance.He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School.
John Dowland [a] (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. ... a famed madrigal composer. [3] ...
Thomas Vautor (fl.1592 – 1619) was an English musician, known as a composer of madrigals. Life ... One madrigal is based on a sonnet by Sir Philip Sidney. [2 ...
John Farmer (c. 1570 – c. 1601) was an important composer of the English Madrigal School. [1] He was born in England during the Elizabethan period, and was also known by his skillful settings for four voices of the old church psalm tunes. [2]