The British Musical Biography

[E] Pilkington, Francis, composer and luten-
ist of the 16tli and 17th centuries. He was
a chorister in Chester Cathedral, and ^lus.
Bac, Oxoa., 1595. He publislied First Booke
of Songs or Ayres of 4 Parts, with tablature
for the lute or orpharion, with the violl da
gamba, 1605; First Set of Madrigals and
Pastorals of .3, 4, and 5 Parts, 1613 ; Second
Set of Madrigals and Pastorals of 3, 4, 5, and
6 Parts, apt for Violl and Voyce, 1624.

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