Thomas Greaves (musician)
Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604) was an English composer and lutenist.
He was lutenist to Sir Henry Pierrepont. He published in London in 1604 Songes of sundrie kinds.[1] It contained four madrigals;[2] three of them, 'Come away, sweet love,' 'Lady, the melting crystal of thine eyes,' and 'Sweet nymphs,' were republished in the nineteenth century (1843 and 1857), with pianoforte accompaniment by .[3]
References[]
- Edmund Horace Fellowes (2007 reprint), The English Madrigal Composers, pp. 264–5.
Notes[]
- ^ Songes of sundrie kinds; first, aires to be sung to the lute and base violl; next, songes of sadnesse for the viols and voyce; lastly madrigalles for five voyces.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
References[]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Greaves, Thomas (fl.1604)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
External links[]
- Free scores by Thomas Greaves in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Thomas Greaves at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Categories:
- English classical musicians
- 17th-century English composers
- English male composers
- English lutenists
- British performers of early music