Albertus Bryne (variants: Albert Bryan; Albert Brian) (ca. 1621 – 2 December 1668) was an

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and

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Biography

His teacher was John Tomkins, organist of

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, a role in which he succeeded his teacher in 1638. He was dismissed from the post by the

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and, during the

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, taught the

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. He returned to St Paul's at the

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but was not granted a request to be made organist of the

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. He took up a post at

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after the

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, and was succeeded by

John Blow John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668,Anthony Wood, he was buried in the

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at Westminster Abbey, but his grave has not been found. He was respected in his time as 'that famously

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fingered Organist' (J. Batchiler, ''The Virgin’s Pattern'', 1661) and 'an excellent musician (Wood). He was one of the finest English

composers of the time and exerted a significant influence on later composers. His suites are among the earliest surviving English examples with four movements.

Albertus Bryne II

His son, also called Albertus, worked with him at

until January 1671, and was organist at

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from 1671 to 1677. It was probably he who was organist of

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from 1676 until his death in 1713, though he was referred to as 'Mr Bryan'. His son is not known to have composed.

Compositions

Choral

* Short Service in G,

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*3 full

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s, SATB and organ *2 verse anthems

Harpsichord

All published in ''Albertus Bryne – Keyboard Works for Harpsichord and Organ

Edited by T. Charlston (Oslo, 2008) *5 dance movements, (1678) *3 suites *2 suites *1 suite *2 movements *4 suites published in '' Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era'' LXXXI (Madison, Wisconsin, 1997) *

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for

(doubtful)

References

;Attribution Endnotes:

Sources

*B.A.R Cooper: 'Bryne ryan, Brian Albertus lbert, Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 2007-07-05), http://www.grovemusic.com/

External links

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