- Lawes, Henry
[E] Lawes, Henry, composer, born at Dinton,
near Salisbury, Wiltshire, December, 1595.
Son of Thomas Lawes, died 1640, Yicar-choral.
He studied iinder John Cooper (Coperario).
Epistler and Gentleman of Chapel Royal,
1625. Clerk do. Member of private band of
Charles I. Music master in family of the
Earl of Bridgewater. Stripped of appoint-
ments during the Protectorate, but reinstated
at the Restoration, in 1660. He died at Lon-
don, October 21, 1662, and is buried in the
cloisters of Westniinster Abbey.[W] Works. — The Triumphs of Peace, masque
(with W. Lawes and S. Ives), 16.33. Ccelum
Britannicum, masque (Carew), 1633. Comus,
masque (Milton), 1634. A Paraphrase upon
the Psalmes of David, set to New Tunes for
Private Devotion, and a thorow base, for
voice or instrument, 1637 (Sandys' version).
Choice Psalmes put into Musick for Three
Voyces, 1648. Ayres and Dialogues for one,
two, and three voices, 1653; Do., 2nd book,
1655 ; Do., 3rd book, 1658. Music to poetry
by W. Cartwright, Herrick, Davenant, Milton,
Waller, etc. Songs in Contemporary Collec-
tions, as The Treasury of Musick, 1669 ; An-
thems in Clifford's and other collections ;
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