[Amen] (Gibbons 12345)

[Amen] (Gibbons 12345)

Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons (baptised 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was a leading composer in the England of his day. Gibbons was born in Cambridge and christened at Oxford the same year – thus appearing in Oxford church records. Between 1596 and 1598 he sang in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where his brother Edward Gibbons (1568–1650), eldest of the four sons of William Gibbons, was master of the choristers. The second brother Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603) was also a promising composer, but died young. Orlando entered the university in 1598 and achieved the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606. James I appointed him a Gentleman of th… Go to person page >

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Title: [Amen] (Gibbons 12345)
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Incipit: 12345 67123 21171

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #821

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #821

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