Clement Woodcock
Clement Woodcock (died 1590)[1] was an English organist.
Career
After some years as a
Holy Orders. In 1580, he resigned the Mastership of the Choristers in favour of Christopher Paine; however, he returned to the post in the last year of his life.[2]
Compositions
Woodcock composed a total of five instrumental pieces of music (quintets for viols), four of which are dated 1578, in Chichester. They are pioneer compositions in the style later cultivated by William Byrd and other Tudor and Jacobean composers. He wrote three settings of In Nomine,[3][4] one of which is found in the Dow Partbooks.
List of works
- 1. Hackney a5
- 2. Browning my dear a5
- 3. In Nomine 1 a5
- 4. In Nomine 2 a5
- 5. In Nomine 3 a5
See also
References
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Clement Woodcock
- ^ Organs and Organists of Chichester Cathedral
- ^ Ford, Robert (1987). "Clement Woodcock's Appointment at Canterbury Cathedral" (PDF). Chelys. 16. The Viola da Gamba Society: 36–43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ ChoralWiki profile of Woodcock
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