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Passamezo Galyard by Thomas Robinson

Artist Biography For Thomas Robinson

Thomas Robinson C. 1560 – 1610 Julian Calendar Was An English Renaissance Composer And Music Teacher Who Flourished Around 1600.
He Taught And Wrote Music For Lute Cittern Orpharion Bandora Viol And Singing. Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Thomas_Robinson_ Composer Very Little Is Known About Robinson's Life But It Is Possible To Draw Conclusions From The Dedicatory Pages Of His Works.
He And His Father Were In Service Of The Cecil Family Robinson's Father Worked For The 1st Earl Of Salisbury Robert Cecil And Robinson Was In The Service Of The 1st Earl Of Exeter Thomas Cecil Who Was Robert Cecil's Brother.
The Cecil Family Fostered Several Artists In These Days Amongst Others William Byrd And Orlando Gibbons. It Was Before 1589 That Robinson Became Princess Anne's 1574–1619 And Queen Sophie's 1557–1631 Private Music Teacher At Elsinore Denmark.
Princess Anne Was The Daughter Of The King Of Denmark Frederick II 1559–1588 .
It Is Presumed That Robinson Must Have Been In His Twenties Then So That His Birth Can Be Dated Back To Around 1560. The Court Of Denmark Like Other Courts Employed Many Well-Recognized Musicians From Denmark And Other Countries Like England France Germany And The Netherlands.
It Is Known That John Dowland - The Most Famous Renaissance Lutenist Nowadays - Worked As A Court Lutenist In Denmark From 1598 To 1606. Besides Robinson's Own Mention Of His Employment There No Official Record Of It Exists. In 1603 Robinson Published His First Book Medulla Musicke Of Which No Copy Survived.
It Was Even Suggested Ward JM See "Literature" That It Was Never Published At All Although Robinson Seems To Be Referring To It In The First Pages Of His Second Book Right Courteous Gentlemen And Gentle Readers Your Fauourable Acceptance Of My First Fruits From Idlenesse Hath Eccited Mee Further To Congratulate Your Musicall Endeauours. ... From "The Schoole Of Musicke" 1603 Also In 1603 Robinson Brought Out His Second Book The Schoole Of Musicke A Tutor For Lute And Other Instruments.
It Displaced John Alford's Book A Briefe And Easye Instru C Tion From 1574 An English Translation Of Adrian Le Roy's Briefve Et Facile Instruction Pour Apprendre La Tabulature As The Most Important Lute Tutor In England From Then On. In 1609 Robinson's Third Book New Citharen Lessons Was Published. It Was A Cittern Tutor For Beginners And Advanced Learners. Robinson's Works For The Most Part Consist Of His Own Compositions.
But There Are Also Arrangements Of Other Pieces Of Music Some Of Which Are Still Rather Popular For Instance "My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home" In The Schoole Of Musicke Or "Can She Excuse My Wrongs?" In New Citharen Lessons - Both Originally Composed By John Dowland. There Is No Further Information Available About Robinson's Life After 1609. Works Medulla Musicke
Medulla Musicke The Stationer's Company London 1603 Was A Music Tutor Now Presumably Lost.
It Is Supposed To Have Included 40 Canons On The Then Popular Plainsong Miserere After Arrangements By William Byrd And Alfonso Ferrabosco.

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