When was thomas morley born

Morley added to the contemporary repertoire for the virginals. Following the custom of the time, Morley also wrote for lute and for various groups of instruments, including arrangements of music by other composers.

Keyword Search in Albums. Wilson Naxos 8. Can She Excuse? Songs of England Naxos Classical Archives 9. Naxos Records, a member of the Naxos Music Group. Follow Us. All rights reserved. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Welcome to Naxos Records. Keyword Search. Church Music Under the influence of Byrd, Morley wrote music for the liturgy of the Church of England, service settings, psalm settings, and a number of Latin motets.

Madrigals It is as a composer of madrigals that Morley is widely known. Keyboard and Other Instrumental Music Morley added to the contemporary repertoire for the virginals.

Role: Classical Composer. Album Title. Catalogue No. During his early years he studied composition with William Byrd and organ under Sebastian Westcote. In Morley received a bachelor of music degree from Oxford and took the position of organist at St.

Giles, Cripplegate. In he became organist at St. Paul's, joining the Chapel Royal the following year. About this time Morley married; he and his wife, Susan, had three children between and During this period Morley, like Byrd a Roman Catholic, encountered trouble as a recusant. Charles Paget, an agent, had intercepted letters which held enough incriminating evidence for him to have had Morley hanged.

In the year , he became the Organist at St. Morley got married after joining the Chapel Royal. He and Susan had three children between and In , Morley applied for a license to print music. He got the license the same year. By now, Morley was facing issues on the health front. His endeavour with the license proved more problematic than being fruitful.

Morley was best known for his madrigals. Apart from them, he also played the viol, flute and lute. Morley composed music sheets for the keyboard, cittern, bandora etc. His music of the broken consort was a unique composition for an ensemble of two viols, lute, flute, bandora and a cittern. Between the year and , he produced and published a new collection each year and during this time, he also re-edited many of his works. Morley left many compositions midway before his death.

Thomas Morley has been called the father of the English Madrigal. Morley began to realize the importance and effect that the Italian Madrigals had on English.