John Windet ('' fl'' 1584–1611)Miller. was an English printer, notable for his music publications. He was a close business associate of fellow printer John Wolfe. After 1591, Wolfe ceased printing the lucrative

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Thomas Sternhold Thomas Sternhold (1500–1549) was an English courtier and the principal author of the first English metrical version of the Psalms, originally attached to the Prayer-Book as augmented by John Hopkins. Life Anthony Wood says that Sternhold ...

and John Hopkins, and Windet succeeded him in becoming the sole printer of the work for

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-holder Richard Day. At some point, Windet succeeded Wolfe as London's City Printer. Wolfe passed on some of his printing ornaments to Windet after he decided to stop printing and focus solely on publishing in 1594. On Wolfe's death in 1601, Windet was appointed administrator of his estate. In 1604, Windet printed

John Dowland John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...

's influential ''

Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares ''Lachrimæ or seaven teares figured in seaven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols, or violons, in five parts'' is a collection of instrumental music composed by John Dowland. It ...

'', a collection of the composer's pavans and one of the most important musical works of the era. He also printed all of composer

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's known compositions in two compilations—''First Part of Ayres'' (1605) and ''Captaine Humes Poeticall Musicke'' (1607). Windet probably needed to use all his skills as a printer to accommodate the unconventional Hume. The ''First Part of Ayres'' contains instructions for what may be the earliest examples of ''

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'' ("to be plaide with your fingers...your Bow ever in your hand") and ''

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'' ("Drum this with the back of your Bow"), which were probably eccentricities at the time.Morrow, et al. In "Lesson for two to play upon one Viole" of ''First Part of Ayres'', one of the players must sit in the lap of the other. Windet's other music publications included printings for Robert Jones,

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and Thomas Ford. On 25 December 1590, Windet took on

William Stansby William Stansby (1572–1638) was a London printer and publisher of the Jacobean and Caroline eras, working under his own name from 1610. One of the most prolific printers of his time, Stansby is best remembered for publishing the landmark first ...

as his apprentice.Gants. Six years later, Windet gave Stansby his freedom, and on 7 January 1597, Stansby was admitted as a freeman of the

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. Probably lacking in capital, Stansby decided to stay with Windet at his shop at "the Crosse Keys at Powles Wharfe (

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)".Gants; Miller. Windet helped Stansby print his first book, ''The Policy of the Turkish Empire'' in April 1597. Windet continued printing until his death in either 1610 or 1611, at which point Stansby took over his Cross Keys shop; on 11 September 1611, Stansby inherited 47 of Windet's copyrights.Bracken.

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*Bracken, James K. (1985).
William Stansby's Early Career
. ''Studies in Bibliography''. 38: 214–16. *Gants, David L. (25 June 2005).

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