Clement Woodcock (died 1590) was an English organist.

Career

After some years as a lay clerk of King's College, Cambridge between 1562 and 1563, Woodcock was a singer at

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before being appointed Organist of Chichester Cathedral from 1570. He was appointed Master of the Choristers in November 1571 and led a recruitment drive for new choristers. By April 1574, Woodcock was in Holy Orders. In 1580, he resigned the Mastership of the Choristers in favour of Christopher Paine; however, he returned to the post in the last year of his life.

Compositions

Woodcock composed a total of five instrumental pieces of music (quintets for viols), four of which are dated 1578, in Chichester. They are pioneer compositions in the style later cultivated by William Byrd and other Tudor and Jacobean composers. He wrote three settings of ''

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List of works

* 1. Hackney a5 * 2. Browning my dear a5 * 3. In Nomine 1 a5 * 4. In Nomine 2 a5 * 5. In Nomine 3 a5

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodcock, Clement Year of birth unknown 1590 deaths Cathedral organists English classical organists British male organists Male classical organists

Career

Compositions

List of works

See also

References