Richard Carlton

Richard Carlton (also Carleton or Charlton ; * around 1558 , † around 1638 ) was an English priest and composer of the Renaissance. The exact place of birth and death of Carlton is unknown.

life and work

Carlton was born in the second half of the 16th century. He studied at Clare College , Cambridge in 1577 , where he received his bachelor's degree and was ordained. First he was vicar at St. Stephen's Church in Norwich. From 1591 to 1605 he was Minor Canon and Master of the Choristers at Norwich Cathedral .

In 1601 he published a collection of 21 madrigals , on the title page of which he describes himself as a "priest". These compositions, which he qualifies as “prima libamina facultatis meas” in the Latin preface, are dedicated to Sir Thomas Farmer. In the same year he published a collection of madrigals under the title The Triumphs of Oriana . On October 11, 1612, Carlton was presented by Thomas Thursby in the parish of Bawsey and Glosthorp, near Lynn. He then took over this priesthood.

The exact date of his death is unknown, but he probably died in 1638. It was not until August 22, 1638 that Richard Peynes, a new priest, was introduced to the parish of Bawsey and Glosthorp.

The only surviving compositions besides those mentioned above are Carlton's instrument pavans, which are kept in the British Museum .

swell

• David Brown:  Carlton, Richard. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 4 (Camarella - Couture). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1114-4  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Web links

Wikisource: Richard Carleton (by Leslie Stephen, 1887, en)  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Richard Carlton in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Leslie Stephen. 1887: Carleton, Richard.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} David Brown (MGG). Carlto, Richard.