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{{Aliases|Smyth}}<!-- Full names in category form, not last name first, delimited by a pipe (|) --> | {{Aliases|Smyth}}<!-- Full names in category form, not last name first, delimited by a pipe (|) --> | ||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Baptised:''' 5 March 1587 | '''Baptised:''' 5 March 1587 | ||
'''Buried:''' 4 February 1612 | '''Buried:''' 4 February 1612 | ||
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'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
English organist and composer. The son of a George Smith, he was a chorister at Durham Cathedral from May 1597 until some time in 1601 when he became a King's Scholar at the grammar school. By October 1608 he had become Master of the Choristers and organist, posts which he held until his early death. In his will he left his ‘best clarigandes’ to his nephew [[William Smith]]. Of the anthems ascribed to him, [[If the Lord himself (Matthew Jeffries)|If the Lord himself]] has now been identified as by [[Matthew Jeffries]], and the precise relationship between Smith's {{NoCo|O Lord consider my distress}} – ascribed to him in the Durham Cathedral manuscripts – and the anthem of that title attributed to ‘R N’ (Richard Nicholson) in one part book has yet to be established. | English organist and composer. The son of a George Smith, he was a chorister at Durham Cathedral from May 1597 until some time in 1601 when he became a King's Scholar at the grammar school. By October 1608 he had become Master of the Choristers and organist, posts which he held until his early death. In his will he left his ‘best clarigandes’ to his nephew [[William Smith]]. Of the anthems ascribed to him, [[If the Lord himself (Matthew Jeffries)|If the Lord himself]] has now been identified as by [[Matthew Jeffries]], and the precise relationship between Smith's {{NoCo|O Lord consider my distress}} – ascribed to him in the Durham Cathedral manuscripts – and the anthem of that title attributed to ‘R N’ (Richard Nicholson) in one part book has yet to be established. | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:25, 26 October 2023
Alias: Smyth
Life
Baptised: 5 March 1587
Buried: 4 February 1612
Biography
English organist and composer. The son of a George Smith, he was a chorister at Durham Cathedral from May 1597 until some time in 1601 when he became a King's Scholar at the grammar school. By October 1608 he had become Master of the Choristers and organist, posts which he held until his early death. In his will he left his ‘best clarigandes’ to his nephew William Smith. Of the anthems ascribed to him, If the Lord himself has now been identified as by Matthew Jeffries, and the precise relationship between Smith's O Lord consider my distress – ascribed to him in the Durham Cathedral manuscripts – and the anthem of that title attributed to ‘R N’ (Richard Nicholson) in one part book has yet to be established.
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