Robert White (composer)

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Robert White , also occurring in the spelling Robert Whyte , (* around 1538 ; † buried on November 11, 1574 in London ) was an English composer and choirmaster of the Renaissance.

life and work

White acquired the title of Musicae Baccalaureus in Cambridge in 1560 . From 1561 to 1565, White was choirmaster at Ely Cathedral . He then worked in the same position at Chester Cathedral and from 1570 at Westminster Abbey .

We received 17 Latin motets from White, a Latin Magnificat, two lamentations, eight hymns and some organ pieces. Many of his motets are settings of themes from the Psalms. Frederick Hudson characterizes White's compositions in the MGG as follows: “They are characterized by polyphonic mastery and canonical inventiveness; like earlier English composers, he not only uses canons to loosen up the movement, but also uses them as structural means. [...] White treats the melodic lines and the striding intervals in a bold way. Its rhythm is very free. The original prepositions and other dissonant remedies only became common property of the time with Orlando Gibbons fifty years later . "

White died as a result of the London plague from 1569 to 1574 in early November 1574 and was buried on November 11 of that year.

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  • Frederick Hudson:  White, Robert. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 14 (Vollerthun - Zyganow). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1968, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 552–560 (= Digital Library Volume 60, pp. 80783–80802)
  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. White, Robert. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1961, p. 920 (first edition: 1882).
  • Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. White, Robert. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1975, p. 905 (first edition: 1882).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Year of birth according to GND and LCCN.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Riemann music dictionary. 1961. White, Robert.
  3. ↑ Riemann Music Lexicon. 1975. Robert White.
  4. ↑ a b c Frederick Hudson. 1968. Robert White.
personal data
SURNAME White, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whyte, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer and choir master
DATE OF BIRTH around 1538
DATE OF DEATH buried November 11, 1574
Place of death London