John Bennet (composer)
John Bennet (* around 1575 probably in Cheshire ; † after 1614) was an English composer of the Renaissance .
Life
Details about his life are not known. It is believed that he was born around 1575 in Lancashire, north-west England. This assumption is based on the dedication of his first publication: In 1599 Bennet's madrigal book for four voices Madrigalis to Foure Voyces , which is dedicated to a Ralph Assheton, was published in London . Assheton himself owned a country estate in Lancashire. Whether Bennet was employed by Assheton remains as much a guess as anything else about his personal circumstances. However, it is believed that he resided in London and served the Church. Bennet's last sure sign of life dates back to 1614, six sacred vocal compositions edited in the anthology A brief discourse by Thomas Ravenscroft .
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Bennet's work includes the compositions and sacred works already mentioned, the madrigal All creatures now are merry minded , which appeared in the anthology The Triumphes of Oriana (1601) in honor of Queen Elizabeth I and celebrates the arrival of the Queen. The editor was Thomas Morley , whose canzonette style shaped the madrigal. Other composers who influenced Bennet's style include Thomas Morley, Thomas Weelkes , John Wilbye and John Dowland . Perhaps Bennet's most famous madrigal, Weep, o mine eyes , is largely similar in melody to Dowland's Flow My Tears .
literature
- Hans Gebhard (Ed.): Harenberg Chormusikführer. Harenberg, Dortmund 1999, ISBN 3-611-00817-6 .
- David Brown: Bennet, John. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Percy M. Young: Bennet, John. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 2 (Bagatti - Bizet). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1112-8 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Web links
- Works by John Bennet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by John Bennet in the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores of John Bennet in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bennet, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1575 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Lancashire |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1614 |