Biography of thomas morley
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Morley, Thomas
Morley, Thomas, famous English composer; b.
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Norwich, 1557 or 1558; d. London, Oct. 1602. He studied with William Byrd. From 1583 to 1587 he was organist and master of the choristers at Norwich Cathedral.
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In 1588 he received his B.Mus. from Oxford. About this time he became organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral. By 1591 he had turned spy for the government of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1592 he was sworn in as a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal and was made Epistler and then Gospeller.
Biography of thomas morley
He was also active as a printer, holding a monopoly on all music publ. under a patent granted to him by the government in 1598. In addition to publishing his own works, he acted as ed., arranger, translator, and publisher of music by other composers.
Notable among his eds. was The Triumphes of Oriana (1601), a collection of madrigals by 23 composers. He gained distinction as a music theorist, his A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musiche(1597) becoming famous as an exposition of Brit