William Webb (c. 1600 – 1657)
[Coles, H. C. (Ed.). (1994). ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (Vol. 5). Ney York: The Macmillan Company] was an English
baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
composer.
Biography
In 1634, he appeared in
James Shirley’s masque ''
The Triumph of Peace'' as a
tenor singer and
lutenist and in 1656 he participated as an instrumentalist in
William Davenant’s ''
The Siege of Rhodes''.
Between 1637 and 1645, he was occupied as a
wait of the
City of London and during that time he managed to become a Gentleman of the
Chapel Royal
The Chapel Royal is an establishment in the Royal Household serving the spiritual needs of the sovereign and the British Royal Family. Historically it was a body of priests and singers that travelled with the monarch. The term is now also applie ...
. He was a songwriter and his works suggest that he was active as a composer before 1620.
His works do not appear to be among the most popular of his time, though some of his
partsongs
A part song, part-song or partsong is a form of choral music that consists of a song to a secular or non-liturgical sacred text, written or arranged for several vocal parts. Part songs are commonly sung by an SATB choir, but sometimes for an all ...
are considered as some of the best of their kind during that period.
Works
*''As life what is so sweet''
[Webb, W.(1630). As Life what is soe sweet. On ''Manuscript music, untitled''. Great Britain, London: British Library, Add. 29481.]
*''I wish no more''
*''Let me sleep this night''
[Webb, W.(n.d). Let mee sleep this night. Great Britain, York: ]York Minster Library
The Old Palace in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England, is also known as the Minster Library and is in Dean's Park. It houses York Minster’s library and archives as well as the Collections Department and conservation studio. Its name is ...
, M. 5/1 (S).
References
Links
* http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/Webb.html
* http://www.rism.org.uk/manuscripts?strategy=index&search_1=webb+william&search_b=Go%21
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1600s births
1657 deaths
17th-century English composers
English classical composers
English Baroque composers
17th-century classical composers
Lutenists
English male classical composers
17th-century male musicians