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Orlando GIBBONS Matric. sizar from KING'S, Easter 1598. S. of William, of Cambridge [ Cambridgeshire ]. B. there, 1583 . Chorister at King's. Mus.Bac. 1606 . Incorp. at Oxford, 1607 . Supp. for Mus.D. at Oxford, 1622 . Organist at Westminster Abbey [ London ], and the Chapel Royal. Musical composer. Summoned to Canterbury [ Kent ] to attend the wedding of Charles I, for which he had composed an ode: seized with small-pox there. Died 05 Jun., 1625; buried in Canterbury Cathedral [ Kent ]. Brother of Edward (1592). ( D.N.B., where he is wrongly supposed to be an 'M.A.' of Cambridge; Al. Oxon. ) | Orlando GIBBONS Approx. lifespan: 15831625 Matric. sizar from King's College 1598:04ET: s. of William GIBBONS of Cambridge, [ Cambridgeshire ] b. there 1583 Chorister at King's College Mus.Bac. 1606 Incorp. at Oxford University 1607 Supp. for Mus.D. at Oxford 1622 Organist at Westminster Abbey, [ London ] and the Chapel Royal. Musical composer. Summoned to Canterbury, [ Kent ] to attend the wedding of Charles I, for which he had composed an ode: seized with small-pox there. Died 1625:06:05 ; buried in Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury, [ Kent ] brother of Edward GIBBONS (1592) ( D.N.B. where he is wrongly supposed to be an 'M.A.' of Cambridge; Al. Oxon. ) |