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MATTHEW LOCKE (c. 1630-1677)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 852 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MATTHEW See also:LOCKE (c. 1630-1677)  , See also:English musician„ perhaps the earliest English writer for the See also:stage, was See also:born at See also:Exeter, where he became a chorister in the See also:cathedral . His See also:music, written with See also:Christopher See also:Gibbons (son of Orlando Gibbons), for See also:Shirley's masque See also:Cupid and See also:Death, was performed in See also:London in 1653 . He wrote some music for See also:Davenant's See also:Siege of See also:Rhodes in 1656; and in 1661 was appointed composer in See also:ordinary to See also:Charles II . During the following years he wrote a number of anthems for the See also:Chapel Royal, and excited some See also:criticism on the See also:score of novelty, to which he replied with considerable See also:heat (See also:Modern See also:Church Music; pre-accused, censured and obstructed. in its Performance before His See also:Majesty, See also:April 1st, 1666, &c.; copies in the See also:Fitzwilliam Museum, See also:Cambridge, and the Royal See also:College of Music) . A See also:good See also:deal of music for the See also:theatre followed, the most important being for Davenant's productions of The See also:Tempest (1667) and of See also:Macbeth (1672), but some doubt as to this latter has arisen, See also:Purcell, See also:Eccles or Leveridge, being also credited with it . He also composed various songs and instrumental pieces, and published some curious See also:works on musical theory . He died in See also:August 1677, an See also:elegy being written by Purcell .

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