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Campion, Thomas
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"Thomas Campion, Renaissance English poet and composer. Life, Works, Resources." Webpages devoted to Campion and his poetry at luminarium.org.
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Thomas Campion (1567-1620) Thomas Campion (1567-1620) Dirk Hals. Musicians. 1623. The Life of Thomas Campion The Works of Thomas Campion Essays and Articles Additional Sources Campion in the Bookstore to Renaissance English Literature...Lyrics with sound files for the songs, a biographical note, and a bibliography.
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Lyrics to Thomas Campion Songs My loue hath vowd hee will forsake mee Turn Back, You Wanton Flyer The Man of Life Upright A Booke of Ayres XI. My Sweetest Lesbia When To Her Lute...Music files offered in MIDI, and MP3 audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.
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An examination for Music and Vision by Wilfrid Mellers. Includes examination of historical background and the widening gulf between sacred and secular music in Renaissance England.
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CD Review Mellers considers the songs of Thomas Campion When, during the High Renaissance, vocal music began to shift its centre of gravity from religion and the Church towards more humanely social...Biography, family background, and links to related composers, music styles, historical context, and partial discography. From the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Thomas Campion (Campian) Campion was son of the attorney and diplomatic courier John Campion: he was raised in affluence and entered Cambridge in 1581. Leaving three years later, probably without a degree, he...Brief biographical sketch, comments on vocal music, and Naxos discography.
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Composer Campion established his reputation as a poet in the 1590s and published his first songs in 1601. He wrote and composed masques for royal entertainment, particularly after the succession of...