Henry Abyngdon

Henry Abyngdon , with the family name also Abyngton , Abington or Abingdon , (* around 1418 , † September 1, 1497 ) was an English clergyman and musician.

Abyngdon was a succentor at Wells Cathedral from 1447 to 1497 . In 1463 he became a Baccalaureus in Music at Cambridge . From September 29, 1455 to September 29, 1478 he was the first Master of the Children (Choristers) of the Chapel Royal [Royal Chapel]. He leads the quality of the choir to a level highly valued by his contemporaries. He was succeeded by Gilbert Banister. Abyngdon is considered one of the first musicians in England to obtain an academic degree. Abyngdon has not received any compositions.

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Abyngdon, Henry . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Hrsg.): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. 12th completely revised edition. tape 1 . Persons Part A K . B. Schotts-Sons, Mainz 1959, p. 5 (first edition: 1882).
Abyngdon, Henry . In: Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (Hrsg.): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. 12th completely revised edition. tape 4 . Supplement, people part: A-K . B. Schotts-Sons, Mainz 1972, p. 4 (first edition: 1882).

Individual evidence

↑ Abyngton, Henry . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 1 : Abbas-Cutts . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 2 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ WH Grattan Flood: The Conscription of Choristers for the Chapel Royal from 1400 to 1700 . In: The Musical Time . tape 57 , no. 884 . Musical Times Publications Ltd., London October 1, 1916, p. 466 , JSTOR : 910236 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Abyngdon, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abyngton, Henry; Abington, Henry; Abingdon, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English clergyman and musician
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1418
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1497

[1] Abyngton, Henry . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 1 : Abbas-Cutts . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 2 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] WH Grattan Flood: The Conscription of Choristers for the Chapel Royal from 1400 to 1700 . In: The Musical Time . tape 57 , no. 884 . Musical Times Publications Ltd., London October 1, 1916, p. 466 , JSTOR : 910236 (English).