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THOMAS FORD (b. c. 158o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 643 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:FORD (b. c. 158o)  , See also:English musician, of whose See also:life little more is known than that he was attached to the See also:court of See also:Prince See also:Henry, son of See also:James I . His See also:works also are few, but they are sufficient to show the high See also:stage of efficiency and musical knowledge which the English school had attained at the beginning of the 17th See also:century . They consist of canons and other concerted pieces of vocal See also:music, mostly with See also:lute See also:accompaniment . The See also:chief collection of his works is entitled Musike of Sundrie Kinds set forth in Two Books, &c . (1607), and the histories of music by See also:Burney and See also:Hawkins give specimens of his See also:art . Together with Dowland, immortalized in one of See also:Shakespeare's sonnets, See also:Ford is the chief representative of the school which preceded Henry See also:Lawes .

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