biography
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| lived:
| (1596–1662)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Dinton, Wiltshire, S England, UK. He studied with John Coperaria (c.1570–1626), becoming a gentleman of the Chapel Royal (1626) and royal musician for lutes and voices (1631). He set Milton's Comus to music, and also Robert Herrick's verses. He was highly regarded by Milton, who sang his praises in a sonnet. |
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