Thomas Campion

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Thomas Campion , sometimes Campian , (born February 12, 1567 in London , † March 1, 1620 ibid) was an English composer , poet , doctor , literary and music theorist.

Life

Thomas Campion was born in London. He was the second child of John († 1576) and Lucy Campion. He had a sister named Rose, two years older than him, and an even older half-sister named Mary, whom the widowed Lucy brought into the family from her first marriage. After John's death in October 1576, Lucy remarried in August 1577, this time Augustine Steward. She died in March 1580. After Steward's remarriage, he was sent to Cambridge in 1581 at the age of fourteen . He studied there until 1584 at Peterhouse without a degree. In 1586 he began to study law at Gray's Inn in London . He probably left Gray's Inn around 1594. However, it appears that he never practiced as a lawyer. He then lived in the district of St. Dunstan-in-the-West , where other musicians also lived. From 1602 he studied medicine at the University of Caen . In 1606 he graduated from there. From the age of about forty he practiced the profession of doctor in London. Campion died in London on March 1, 1620, probably of the plague , and was buried in the cemetery at St. Dunstan-in-the-West.

Works (selection)

Campion made his poet debut in 1591 when five of his works were published in an edition of Sir Philip Sidney's "Astrophel and Stella". In 1595 his poemata, epigrams in Latin appeared. Campion wrote five volumes with over a hundred songs with lute accompaniment. His first collection of songs, A Book of Ayres, written together with Philip Rosseter , appeared in 1601 (including Shall I come sweet Love to thee , When to her Lute Corrina sings and My love hath vowd , each with three stanzas). This was followed by two further volumes in each case in 1613 (containing, among other things, Never weather beaten saile with two stanzas) and 1617. He published several Masques, the first in 1607, three more in 1613. In his literary theoretical work Observations in the Art of English Poetry (1602) Campion criticized the practice of rhyming in poetry.

His Songs for Mourning , published in 1613 after the death of Prince Henry, were set to music by John Cooper . In 1615 he published a book on counterpoint , A New Way of Making Fowre Parts in Counterpoint By a Most Familiar and Infallible Rule , which was reprinted in 1660.

literature

  • Alfred Baumgartner: Early Music: From the beginnings of occidental music to the completion of the Renaissance. Salzburg 1981, ISBN 3-7023-0120-8

Recordings

  • Lute Songs, recorded by countertenor Steven Rickards and lutenist Dorothy Linell, released on March 25, 1999 on the Naxos label

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Elise Bickford Jorgens: Thomas Campion. In: https://www.poetryfoundation.org . Poetry Foundation, January 29, 2019, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Thomas Campion | English poet and musician. In: https : //www . britica.com . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., accessed January 29, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Frederick Noad: The Renaissance Guitar. (= The Frederick Noad Guitar Anthology. Part 1) Ariel Publications, New York 1974; Reprint: Amsco Publications, New York / London / Sydney, UK ISBN 0-7119-0958-X , US ISBN 0-8256-9950-9 , pp. 28 f., 82 f. and 114 f.
  4. ↑ Frederick Noad: The Renaissance Guitar. 1974, p. 44 f.
personal data
SURNAME Campion, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Campian, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer, poet and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1567
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1620
Place of death London