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William Lawes, from a modern painting on glass
William Lawes, from a modern painting on glass

William Lawes (April 1602–September 24, 1645) was an English composer and musician. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a

He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and was baptised on May 1 1602. Salisbury (ˈsɒlzbri ˈsɔːlzbri ('Solzbry' or ˈzɔːwzbri ('Zawzbry' — moving from RP to local dialect) is a cathedral city in the Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. He was the son of Thomas Lawes, a vicar choral at Salisbury Cathedral, and brother to Henry Lawes, a very successful composer in his own right. Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in Salisbury, England, considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture Henry Lawes ( 5 December 1595 - 21 October 1662) was an English Musician and Composer.

His patron, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, apprenticed him to the composer John Coprario, which probably brought Lawes into contact with Charles, Prince of Wales at an early age. John Cooper (around 1570 - 1626 also known as Giovanni Coprario or Coperario, was an English Composer, Viol player and Lutenist Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. Both William and his elder brother Henry received court appointments after Charles succeeded to the British throne as Charles I. Henry Lawes ( 5 December 1595 - 21 October 1662) was an English Musician and Composer. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. William was appointed as 'musician in ordinary for lutes and voices' in 1635 but had been writing music for the court prior to this. Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either Fretted or unfretted and a deep round back or more specifically to an instrument from

William Lawes spent all his adult life in Charles's employ. He composed secular music and songs for court masques (and doubtless played in them), as well as sacred anthems and motets for Charles's private worship. Secularity ( adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from Religion. SACRED was a Cubesat built by the Student Satellite Program of the University of Arizona. He is most remembered today for his sublime viol consort suites for between three and six players and his lyra viol music. A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate an Instrumental ensemble. The lyra viol is a small bass Viol, used primarily in England in the Seventeenth century. His use of counterpoint and fugue and his tendency to juxtapose bizarre, spine-tingling themes next to pastoral ones in these works made them disfavoured in the centuries after his death; they have only become widely available in recent years.

When Charles's dispute with Parliament led to the outbreak of the Civil War, Lawes joined the Royalist army and was given a post in the King's Life Guards, which was intended to keep him out of danger. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. The Queen's Guard and Queen's Life Guard are the names given to contingents of Infantry and Cavalry soldiers charged with guarding the official royal Despite this, he was 'casually shot' by a Parliamentarian in the rout of the Royalists at Rowton Heath, near Chester, on September 24, 1645. The Parliament of England was the Legislature of the Kingdom of England. The Battle of Rowton Heath took place on September 24, 1645, in the vicinity of the city of Chester in England, late in the English Civil Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Although the King was in mourning for his kinsman Bernard Stuart (killed in the same defeat), he instituted a special mourning for Lawes, apparently honouring him with the title of 'Father of Musick'. [1] The author of his epitaph, Thomas Jordan,[2] closed it with a lachrymose pun on the fact that Lawes had died at the hands of those who denied the divine right of kings:

Will. A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical The Divine Right of Kings is a general term that refers to the philosophy and ideas used to justify the authority and legitimacy of Monarchs in Medieval and Lawes was slain by such whose wills were laws.

References

  1. ^ Pinto, David. "Lawes, William, §1: Life", Grove Music Online, ed. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians L. Macy (accessed 3 March 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  2. ^ Pinto, David. "Lawes, William, §1: Life", Grove Music Online, ed. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians L. Macy (accessed 3 March 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Further reading

Discography

Fretwork & Paul Nicholson; Virgin Classics 91187-2; 1991
London Baroque; Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901493; 1994
The Purcell Quartet; Chandos CHAN0552, 1994
The Purcell Quartet with Nigel North & Paul O'Dette; Chandos CHAN0584/5, 1995
The Rose Consort of Viols, Timothy Roberts, Jacob Heringman & David Miller; Naxos 8. Fretwork is a consort of Viols based in England, United Kingdom. 550601; 1995
The Greate Consort; Gaudeamus CD GAU146, 1995
Fretwork, Catherine Bott, Richard Boothby & Paul Nicholson; Virgin Classics 5451472; 1995
The Greate Consort; CD GAU147, 1997
René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, Lucy van Dael, Wieland Kuijken, Toyohiko Satoh, Edward Witsenbug, Gustav Leonhardt; Sony Classical 1997
Music's Re-creation; Centaur CRC 2385; 1998
Jonathan Dunford, Sylvia Abramowicz & Sylvia Moquet; Adès 465 607-2; 1998
Phantasm & Sarah Cunningham; Channel Classics CCS 15698; 2000
Phantasm, Susanne Braumann & Varpu Haavisto; Channel Classics CCS 17498; 2002
Hespèrion XXI, Alia Vox AV9823A, AV9823B; 2002
Concordia, Metronome MET CD 1045; 2002
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