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51: 97: 362: 132: 186:. In the preface to this work Swayne says that the former publication "not answering the expectation that many had of the auctor's skill, gave him occasion to take uppon him a new labour to recover the wrong his friend did in publishing that that was so done". The work appeared in two forms, in one of which the melody of the psalm is in the tenor part, in the other in the treble. Both versions are in four separate part-books. 175:, who relates how these compositions were secretly "gathered together from the fertile soyle of his honest frend, Guilielmo Daman", by one "John Bull, citezen and goldsmith of London", and how Bull "hasted forthwith of himself … to commit the same to the presse". The work appeared in four oblong quarto part-books, and is now of great rarity, the edition probably being bought up by the composer or his friends. 124: 131: 133: 114: 113: 81:
shows entries for baptisms or burials of eight of their children from 1572 to 1585. From 1576 until his death he was in the royal household of Elizabeth I, where he was one of six musicians in a
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Fantasia 'Di sei soprani’ from the Sambrook Manuscript, New York. NYp, Drexel 4302, p.259, no.46 (ca.1613-19)
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that played dance music. He died in 1591, and was buried at St Peter le Poer on 26 March.
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on his return from Rome in 1566. In November of that year Daman married Anne Derifield at
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Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La à3 from XX konincklycke fantasien. Mathysz press, Amsterdam (1648)
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Other surviving compositions include three instrumental works, one of which, a
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in the vernacular to part-music. His work appeared first in 1579, printed by
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in six parts, was probably in the repertory of his recorder consort. A
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by William Daman, in the hand of John Baldwin: in the British Museum
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The words of both the 1579 and 1591 editions are taken from
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In 1591 another version of Daman's Psalms appeared from
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Performed by Phillip W. Serna, Treble, Tenor & Bass
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Daman was probably the earliest composer who set the
69:) around 1540 and came to England as a servant of 394: 191:Sternhold and Hopkins's version of the Psalms 418:English classical composers of church music 49: 322: 320: 318: 316: 239:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 14: 395: 370: 326: 231: 229: 227: 225: 77:in London, and the parish register of 61:Daman is thought to have been born in 313: 71:Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset 292: 222: 24: 154:Problems playing these files? See 95: 25: 429: 270:"William Daman Composer Archives" 385:Dictionary of National Biography 360: 343:Dictionary of National Biography 306:Dictionary of National Biography 129: 111: 413:16th-century English musicians 408:16th-century English composers 286: 262: 13: 1: 215: 208:by Daman is preserved in the 256:UK public library membership 7: 10: 434: 296:"Sackville, Thomas"  88: 18:William Damon (musician) 372:Squire, William Barclay 328:Squire, William Barclay 45: 333:"Damon, William"  100: 58: 248:10.1093/ref:odnb/7085 99: 75:St James Garlickhythe 53: 293:Lee, Sidney (1897). 171:, with a preface by 236:"Daman , William". 195:Stationers' Company 101: 59: 254:(Subscription or 134: 116: 16:(Redirected from 425: 389: 364: 363: 348: 347: 335: 324: 311: 310: 298: 290: 284: 283: 281: 280: 266: 260: 259: 251: 233: 136: 135: 118: 117: 98: 83:recorder consort 79:St Peter le Poer 21: 433: 432: 428: 427: 426: 424: 423: 422: 393: 392: 380:Stephen, Leslie 361: 352: 351: 338:Stephen, Leslie 325: 314: 291: 287: 278: 276: 268: 267: 263: 253: 235: 234: 223: 218: 161: 160: 152: 150: 149: 148: 147: 137: 130: 127: 121: 120: 119: 112: 109: 102: 96: 91: 48: 42:to part-music. 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 431: 421: 420: 415: 410: 405: 391: 390: 376:Damon, William 350: 349: 312: 285: 274:Edition Zefiro 261: 220: 219: 217: 214: 210:British Museum 151: 138: 128: 123: 122: 110: 105: 104: 103: 94: 93: 92: 90: 87: 47: 44: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 430: 419: 416: 414: 411: 409: 406: 404: 401: 400: 398: 387: 386: 381: 377: 373: 368: 367:public domain 359: 358: 357: 356: 345: 344: 339: 334: 329: 323: 321: 319: 317: 308: 307: 302: 297: 289: 275: 271: 265: 257: 249: 245: 241: 240: 232: 230: 228: 226: 221: 213: 211: 207: 203: 198: 196: 192: 187: 185: 184:Lord Burghley 181: 176: 174: 170: 166: 159: 157: 146: 142: 126: 108: 86: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 56: 52: 43: 41: 37: 33: 32:William Damon 29: 28:William Daman 19: 383: 354: 353: 341: 304: 288: 277:. Retrieved 273: 264: 237: 205: 199: 188: 177: 162: 153: 65:(modern-day 60: 54: 31: 27: 26: 403:1591 deaths 355:Attribution 301:Lee, Sidney 180:Thomas East 173:Edward Hake 36:Elizabeth I 397:Categories 279:2024-03-16 258:required.) 216:References 156:media help 374:(1888). " 330:(1888). 206:Miserere 202:fantasia 169:John Day 55:Miserere 382:(ed.). 369::  340:(ed.). 303:(ed.). 145:Violone 67:Belgium 378:". In 252: 165:Psalms 40:Psalms 336:. In 299:. In 143:with 141:Viols 89:Works 63:Liège 46:Life 30:(or 244:doi 399:: 315:^ 272:. 224:^ 212:. 282:. 250:. 246:: 158:. 20:)

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William Damon (musician)
Elizabeth I
Psalms

Liège
Belgium
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
St James Garlickhythe
St Peter le Poer
recorder consort
Fantasia 'Di sei soprani’ from the Sambrook Manuscript, New York. NYp, Drexel 4302, p.259, no.46 (ca.1613-19)
Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La à3 from XX konincklycke fantasien. Mathysz press, Amsterdam (1648)
Viols
Violone
media help
Psalms
John Day
Edward Hake
Thomas East
Lord Burghley
Sternhold and Hopkins's version of the Psalms
Stationers' Company
fantasia
British Museum




Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi

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