JOHN

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• JOHN WILBYE

WILBYE  , English 16th-century madrigal composer, was born probably at Bury St Edmunds, but the details of his life are obscure . A set of madrigals by him appeared in 1598 and a second in 16o8, the two sets containing sixty-four pieces; and from a few contributions known to have been made by him to other contemporary sets, we can infer that he was alive in 1614 . He is the most famous of all the English madrigalists; his pieces have long been favourites and are included in modern collections .