- Robert Fayrfax
Robert Fayrfax (
April 23 ,1464 –October 24 ,1521 ) was an English composer employed by KingHenry VIII of England .He was born in
Deeping Gate ,Lincolnshire . He became a Gentleman of theChapel Royal byDecember 6 ,1497 . He was granted a chaplaincy of the Free Chapel at Snodhill Castle, a post which was given away a year later to Robert Cowper, another Gentleman. He is reported as being organist of St Albans Abbey from 1498 to 1502. Fayrfax gained a Mus.B. from Cambridge in 1501, and a Mus.D. in 1504; he later acquired a D.Mus. from Oxford (by incorporation) in 1511. He became a member of the Fraternity of St Nicholas in 1502. Henry VIII made Fayrfax a Poor Knight of Windsor onSeptember 10 ,1514 . Three of his surviving works ("Salve regina", "Regali Magnificat", and "Ave lumen gratiae"(incomplete)) are in theEton Choirbook .External links
* [http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/Fayrfax.html Robert Fayrfax biography on hoasm.org]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/robert-fayrfax Robert Fayrfax biography on Answers.com]Recordings
* The Masses ("Missa O Quam Glorifica", "Missa Tecum Principium", "Missa Albanus", "Missa O Bone Jhesu", "Missa Regali Ex Progenie").
Andrew Carwood /David Skinner :The Cardinall's Musick . ASV's Gaudeamus label: 3 CDs CDGAX353.
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