ORLANDO See also:

• GIBBONS, GRINLING (1648-1721)
• GIBBONS, JAMES (1834– )
• ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583-1625)

GIBBONS (1583-1625)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English musical composer, was the most illustrious of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of musicians all more or less able . We know of at least three generations, for Orlando's See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• GIBBONS, GRINLING (1648-1721)
• GIBBONS, JAMES (1834– )
• GIBBONS, ORLANDO (1583-1625)

Gibbons, having been one of the See also:

• WAITS (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch,")

waits of See also:

• CAM (CAO), DIOGO (fl. 1480-1486)

Cam-See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, may be assumed to have acquired some proficiency in the See also:

• ART

art . His three sons and at least one of his grandsons inherited and further See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed his See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent . The eldest, See also:

• EDWARD

Edward, was made See also:

• BACHELOR (from Med. Lat. baccalarius, with its late and rare variant baccalaris—cf. Ital. baccalare—through O. Fr. bacheler)

bachelor of See also:

• MUSIC

music at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and successively held important musical appointments at the cathedrals of See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol and See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter; See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis, the second son, was organist of See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, and is the composer of two madrigals in the collection known as the The Triumphs of Oriana . Orlando Gibbons, the youngest and by far the most celebrated of the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Cambridge in 1583 . Where and under whom he studied is not known, but in his twenty-first See also:

• YEAR

year he was sufficiently advanced and celebrated to receive the important See also:

• POST

post of organist of the See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel Royal . His first published See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition " Fantasies in three parts, composed for viols," appeared in 161o . It seems to have been the first piece of music printed in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from engraved plates, or " cut in See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, the like not heretofore extant." In 1622 he was created See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of music by the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . For this occasion he composed an See also:

• ANTHEM

anthem for eight parts,Oclap your Hands, still extant . In the following year he became organist of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . Orlando Gibbons died before the beginning of the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, or it may be supposed that, like his eldest See also:

• BROTHER

brother, he would have been a staunch royalist . In a different sense, however, he died in the cause of his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master; for having been summoned to See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury to produce a composition written in celebration of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles's See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, he there See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell a victim to smallpox on the 5th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1625 .

For a full See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his compositions, see See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

Grove's See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of Music . His portrait may be found in See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

Hawkins's well-known See also:

• HISTORY

History . His vocal pieces, madrigals, motets, canons, &c., are admirable, and prove him to have been a See also:

• GREAT

great master of pure polyphony . We have also some specimens of his instrumental music, such as the six pieces for 'the virginals published in Parthenia, a collection of instrumental music produced by Gibbons in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Dr See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull and See also:

• BYRD, WILLIAM (1543-1623)

Byrd .