Michael East (composer)
Michael East (* around 1580 in London , † 1648 in Lichfield ) was an English organist and composer .
East was the nephew of the London music publisher Thomas East (around 1540 to 1608). He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Cambridge in 1606 and worked from 1618 for the rest of his life in Lichfield Cathedral as choirmaster and organist.
Thomas Morley published one of his madrigals in 1603 in his collection The Triumphs of Orania .
Works
East composed 7 groups of part books:
- 1st and 2nd group: three- to five-part madrigals
- 3rd and 4th groups: four- to six-part anthems , madrigals, pastorals , napolitans and fancies
- , Three-part madrigals without continuous text also viewed 5th group viols thought
- 6th group: five- to six-part anthems
- 7th group: two- to four-part compositions for viols
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Michael East (composer) in the International Music Score Library Project
- Works by and about Michael East in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst Seeger : Musiklexikon Personen A – Z / Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig (1981), page 210
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | East, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1580 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1648 |
| Place of death | Lichfield |