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Born 1557 or 1558 • Norwich • England
Died October 1602 • London • England
Notable Works “A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke”
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Hans Leo Hassler
German composer
Thomas Campion
English poet and musician
Robert Jones
English composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Giaches de Wert
Flemish composer
Agostino Agazzari
Italian composer
William Morris
British artist and author
John Newton
John Newton
English clergyman and writer
William Caxton
William Caxton
English printer, translator, and publisher
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
William Boyce
British composer
Francis Pilkington
British composer
John Dowland
English musician
Thomas Weelkes
English composer
Orlando Gibbons
English composer
Robert Johnson
English musician
William Cornysh
English musician, author and actor
William Mundy
English composer
Giles Farnaby
English composer

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