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Thomas Lupo the elder

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consort repertory. In addition, he was a significant composer of sacred vocal music. He probably wrote a considerable quantity of music for the court violin ensemble, however almost none of it survives; it has been hypothesised that much of the anonymous repertory for this group is by Lupo.
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His consort music for three and four parts is more experimental, often using combinations rare in other composers of the time, such as three basses together, or three trebles together. Some of the consort music was designed to be accompanied by organ.
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A surviving record from 1627 indicates that he was in financial trouble, and had to sign away £100 of his future income to pay off his creditors: the report goes on to state that his wife violently attempted to prevent him from doing so.
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Most of the music for viols which Lupo wrote, for two, three, four, five, and six parts, dates from his employment in the household of Prince Charles. Many of the pieces use a
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Fantasia à3 in G, VdGS No.15 for 3 Tenor Viols from John Merro's Book, Tenbury Manuscripts of St. Michael's College, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.245-47 (ca.1620-30)
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Fantasia à3 in d, VdGS No.26 for 3 Bass Viols from John Merro's Book, Tenbury Manuscripts of St. Michael's College, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.245-47 (ca.1620-30)
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He was part of a distinguished family of musicians, who included several generations. His father was
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Peter Holman: "Thomas Lupo", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed April 6, 2006),
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Lupo was one of the principal figures in the development of the
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Specific types of instrumental compositions by Lupo include
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Thomas Lupo
Fantasia à3 in G, VdGS No.15 for 3 Tenor Viols from John Merro's Book, Tenbury Manuscripts of St. Michael's College, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.245-47 (ca.1620-30)
Fantasia à3 in d, VdGS No.26 for 3 Bass Viols from John Merro's Book, Tenbury Manuscripts of St. Michael's College, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus.Sch.d.245-47 (ca.1620-30)
Viols
media help
Lupo
viol
Elizabethan
Jacobean
Orlando Gibbons
John Coprario
Alfonso Ferrabosco
viol
consort
Joseph Lupo
Venice
Antwerp
London
Elizabeth I
Henry
Charles
London
viol
contrapuntal
madrigal
Marenzio
Nicholas Yonge
fantasias
pavanes
galliards

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