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Robert Fayrfax
12+ albums
renaissanceenglishearly music15th centurytudor
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Robert Fayrfax (April 23, 1464–October 24, 1521) was an English Renaissance composer, considered the most prominent and influencial of the reigns of Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII of England. He was born in Deeping Gate, Lincolnshire.[1] He had the patronage of the leading cultural figure of Henry VII's court, the king's mother Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509).[2] He became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal by December 6, 1497.[3] He was granted a chaplaincy of the Free Chapel at Snodhill Castle, a post which was given away a year later to Robert Cowper, another Gentleman. He is reported as being organist of St Albans Abbey from 1498 to 1502.[3] Fayrfax gained a Mus.B. from Cambridge in 1501, and a Mus.D. in 1504; he later acquired a D.Mus. from Oxford (by incorporation) in 1511.[3] He became a member of the Fraternity of St Nicholas in 1502. At the beginning of Henry VIII's reign in 1509 he granted Fayrfax the annuity of a farm in Hampshire and later made him a 'Poor Knight of Windsor' (with a life-time award of twelve pennies a day) on September 10, 1514.[4] He also possessed, and surrendered, two ecclesiastical livings.[4] He received payments for clothes for state occasions and for tutoring choirboys.[4] From 1516, for four consecutive years, he presented the king with collections of his compositions and received financial rewards.[4] In 1520 he led the Chapel Royal in the state visit to France of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. He died in 1521, possibly at St. Albans wh
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Fayrfax: Magnificat "Regale": V. Gloria Patri et Filio, et spiritui Sancto
4242Eternae laudis lilium
4043Fayrfax: Maria plena virtute - 04. Mater dolorosa
1974Fayrfax: Magnificat "Regale": III. Deposuit potentes desede
1885Fayrfax: Magnificat "Regale": IV. Suscepit Israel puerum suum
1426Fayrfax: Magnificat "Regale": I. Anima mea dominum
1367Fayrfax: Maria plena virtute - 01. Maria plena virtute
1358Fayrfax: Magnificat "Regale": II. Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies
1309Fayrfax: Maria plena virtute - 03. Sicut tuus filius
12310Most clear of colour
113albums
Robert Fayrfax: Maria plena virtute
Magnificat - Beautiful and Calming Choral Music
Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521): Music for Tudor Kings and Queens
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O lux, beata Trinitas (live)
Taverner & Tudor Music Ii: Gloria Tibi Trinitas
Fayrfax: The Masses
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Renaissance Music - Henry VIII / Taverner, J. / Sampson, R. / Verdelot, P. (Henry's Music - Motets From A Royal Choirbook Songs by Henry VIII)
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An Enduring Voice
Fayrfax: Missa Tecum principium; Maria plena virtute etc
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Early English Polyphony: From the Eton Choirbook to Thomas Tallis
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Fayrfax: Missa Regali ex progenie; Lauda vivi Alpha et O; Magnificat Regali
Fayrfax: Missa O quam glorifica; Ave Dei patris filia