William Cobbold (1560–1639) was an English composer. He was lay clerk and organist at the Chapel Royal. One of his most-well known works today is the

consort song A consort song was a characteristic English song form of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, for solo voice or voices accompanied by a group of instruments, most commonly viols. Although usually in five parts, some early examples of four-par ...

"New Fashions".

Selected works

*"For Death of Her" - an elegy composed upon the 1588 death of Mrs. Mary Gascoigne. *"New Fashions" - recorded by Theatre of Voices & Fretwork, Paul Hillier *"With wreaths of rose and laurel" - Cobbold's contribution to

The Triumphs of Oriana ''The Triumphs of Oriana'' is a book of English madrigals, compiled and published in 1601 by Thomas Morley, which first edition has 25 pieces by 23 composers (Thomas Morley and Ellis Gibbons have two madrigals). It was said to have been made to ...

collection of 25 madrigals from 23 different composers published in 1601 by

Thomas Morley Thomas Morley (1557 – early October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School. Referring to the strong Italian influence on the Englis ...

. *"Ye mortal wights"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbold, William 1560 births 1639 deaths