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Tobias Hume
12+ albums
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Tobias Hume (1569?-1645) was an English composer, viol player, and soldier. Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1569 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a prerequisite to which was being at least sixty years old, though there is no certainty over this. He had made his living as a professional soldier, probably as a mercenary. He was an officer with the Swedish and Russian armies. His published music includes pieces for viols (including many solo works for the lyra viol) and songs. They were gathered in two collections, The First Part of Ayres (or Musicall Humours, 1605) and Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607). He was a particular champion of the viol over the then-dominant lute, something which caused John Dowland to publish a rebuttal of Hume's ideas. Hume was also known as a prankster, as some of his rather unusual compositions illustrate. His most notorious piece was "An Invention for Two to Play upone one Viole": two bows are required and the smaller of the two players is obliged to sit in the lap of the larger player. This work was notated in tablature and is indeed technically possible to play. His instructions to "drum this with the backe of your bow" in another piece, "Harke, harke," constitute the earliest known use of col legno in Western music. He died on 16th April 1645. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish and others together … with Pavines, Galliards, and Almaines (1605): I. A Galiard
4,7942My hope is revived - The Lady of Suffolkes delight
2,0693The King of Denmarks delight
1,4854A Question
1,2515The King of Denmarkes health
1,2086The Spirit of Gambo: The Lord Dewys of favoret
1,0557The Earle of Pembrookes Galiard
1,0218A French Almaine - The Duke of Lenox delight
9729An Almaine - M.S. Georges Delight
82610The Earle of Mountgomeries delight
736albums
HUME: Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke, Vol. 1
HUME: Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke, Vol. 2
Hume: Poeticall Musicke
The Spirit of Gambo
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T. Hume: A Question
Hume: "Harke, Harke!" Lyra Violls Humors & Delights
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World Of Early Music
Nima Ben David, Captain Tobias Hume: The Passion of Musick
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Play This Passionate: Music for solo viola da gamba
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Baroque Music (Instrumental and Chamber Music) - Marais, M. / Visee, R. De / Couperin, F. (Musical Thoughts - Life and Death)
Viola Da Gamba Recital: Dornenburg, John - Hume, T. / Sainte-Colombe, J. / Simpson, C. / Kuhnel, A. / Abel, C.F.
As It Fell on a Holie Eve - Music for an Elizabethan Christmas