Robert Johnson (c. 1470 – after 1554) was a
Scottish Renaissance composer and priest.
Little is known of Johnson's early life, and it is believed much of his music has been lost. Most of his extant works are sacred compositions, chiefly motets. He also wrote some instrumental pieces. No secular works of his are known to have existed. Johnson spent 36 years at
Scone Abbey in Perthshire, Scotland. He is widely considered Scotland's greatest composer prior to
Robert Carver (c. 1485 – c. 1570). He is represented in
The Mulliner Book as well as the
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and Christ Church partbooks. The ''Dum transisset Sabbatum'' for 5 voices are in the
Dow Partbooks
The Dow Partbooks (Christ Church, Mus. MSS 984–988) are a collection of five partbooks compiled by Robert Dow in Oxford around 1581–88. The collection includes mostly choral but also some instrumental pieces. At the end is an instrumental '' ...
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Musical compositions
*Domine In Virtute Tua I
*Domine In Virtute Tua II
*Dum Transisset Sabbatum for 4 voices
*Dum Transisset Sabbatum for 5 voices
*Gaude Maria Virgo
*Ave Dei Patris Filia
*Benedicam Domino
*Laudes Deo
*I Give You A New Commandment
Recordings
''Laudes Deo'': Cappella Nova conducted by Alan Tavener (ASV Records)
References
OASM: Robert Johnson (1) (http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/JohnsonR1.html)
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Scottish composers
1470s births
16th-century deaths