George Handford (composer)

George Handford (1582–5 – 1647),[1] was an English Baroque composer.[2]

He spent some time in Cambridge, and may have been a pensioner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1604,[1] or a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He married twice, at St.-Dunstan-in-the-West Church, Cambridge.[1]

He published Ayres to be sung to the lute,[4] written in 1609, which is 'unique in that it is the only collection of lute songs that is a carefully prepared work by one man...and not simply an anthology of somebody's favourite songs'.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Diana Poulton and Robert Spencer. "Handford, George, composer : Grove Music Online - oi". Oxfordindex.oup.com. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.12311. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  2. ^ John Pitcher (2003). Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780838639634. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. ^ David C. Price (5 February 1981). Patrons and Musicians of the English Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. 23. ISBN 9780521228060. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. ^ Matthew Spring (2001). The Lute in Britain: A History of the Instrument and Its Music. Oxford University Press. p. 258. ISBN 9780195188387. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  5. ^ "GEORGE HANDFORD'S AYRES: UNPUBLISHED JACOBEAN SONG VERSE : Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie". Degruyter.com. 27 November 2009. doi:10.1515/angl.1964.1964.82.474. S2CID 161847295. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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