John Immyns
madrigal "Within an Arbour of Sweet Brier and Roses" by Thomas Morley
John Immyns (1700 – 15 April 1764) was an
lutenist, and prolific copyist
.
Immyns taught himself to play the
Madrigal Society sometime between 1741 and 1744, and in 1752 was given the sinecure post of Lutenist to the Chapel Royal. He was also a member of the Academy of Ancient Music, and served as amanuensis to Johann Christoph Pepusch
.
References
- Theodore Baker and Alfred Remy, ed. (1919). "Immyns, John". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (3rd ed.). p. 426.