John Mundy

John Mundy (also: Munday ) (born around 1555 ; died 1630 in Windsor ) was an English organist and composer . He was the son of the church musician and composer William Mundy (around 1529 to around 1591 ).

Life

John Mundy was the organist at Eton College , in 1585 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle . He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1586 and obtained his doctorate in music in 1624. He wrote vocal music (e.g. Songs and Psalmes , 1594) and instrumental music, particularly for the virginal .

Some of his works are included in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book . The collection of English madrigals, The Triumphs of Oriana , compiled by Thomas Morley , includes his Lightly she whipped o'er the dales ( she flew them quickly over the valleys ).

In the anthology of old and new music for piano ( Ricordi ) edited by Gino Tagliapietra , his Fantasia (the genre of program music ) and Goe from my window were included.

See also

• The Triumphs of Oriana (English)

literature

• Gino Tagliapietra (Ed.): Anthology of old and new music for piano. German text translated and revised by Willi Apel . Third volume, Ricordi, Milan 1934.
• Louisa M. Middleton:  Mundy, John . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 39:  Morehead - Myles. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1894, pp 302 - 303 (English).

Web links

• Literature by and about John Mundy in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by John Mundy in the International Music Score Library Project
• Free scores by John Mundy in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

References and footnotes

1. ^ Edward Francis Rimbault: Bibliotheca madrigaliana; a bibliographical account of the musical and poetical works pub. in England during the 16th-17th centuries under the titles of madrigals, ballads, ayres, canzonets. London 1847, p. 5 f.
2. ↑ Tagliapietra, V
3. ↑ Sound sample - text and translation
4. ↑ sound sample (Martha Cook, harpsichord)
5. ↑ Tagliapietra, p. 28 ff.