Walter Lambe (1450–1? – after

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1504) was an English composer. His works are well represented in the

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. Also the

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and the

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include his works. Born in

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, elected

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in August 1467 aged 15. By 1477 Lambe was a clerk at Holy Trinity College, Arundel and in 1479 he moved to

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as a clerk of the choir there.The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd Ed 2001

List of works in Eton Choirbook

* ''Ascendit Christus'' * ''Gaude flore virginali'' (lost) * ''Magnificat'' * ''Nesciens mater virgo virum'' * ''O Maria plena gratiae'' * ''O Regina caelestis gloriae'' (lost) * ''Salve regina'' * ''Stella caeli'' * ''Virgo gaude gloriosa'' (lost)

External links

Hoasm.org biography
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1450s births 1500s deaths English classical composers Renaissance composers 15th-century English people 16th-century English composers English male classical composers People educated at Eton College {{England-musician-stub