- Michael Cavendish
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For the Legal Ethics Writer/Theorist, see Michael Robert Cavendish.
Michael Cavendish (c. 1565 – 1628) was an English composer of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
A grandson of Bess of Hardwick and first cousin to Arabella Stuart, he spent much time at court and was for a time composer to the future King Charles I of England. In 1598 he published a set of songs with lute accompaniment, called Ayres in Tabletorie. He also collaborated with Thomas Morley.
External links
- Free scores by Michael Cavendish at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores by Michael Cavendish in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Michael Cavendish in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
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