The British Musical Biography

[E] Tudway, Thomas, composer and or-
ganist of the 17th century, was born about
1650. He was a chorister in the Chapel
Royal under Dr. Blow, from 1660. Lay-
vicar St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 1664.
Organist of King's College, Cambridge, 1670.
Instructor of choristers. King's College, 1679-
80. Organist of Pembroke College. Mus.
Bac, Cantab., 1681. Professor of music
in Cambridge University, 1704. Mus. Doc,
Cantab, 1705. Suspended from his Univer-
sity offices, 3 706-7. Resigned his organ at

[+] King's College in 1726, and retired to London,
where he employed himself in forming a
collection of music for Edward (Lord Harley)
Earl of Oxford. He died in 1730.

[W] Works. — A Collection of the most cele-
brated Services and Anthems used in the
Church of England, from the Reformation
to the Restoration of K. Charles II , com-
posed by the best masters and collected by
Thomas Tudway..," 6 vols [1715-1720], now
preserved in MS. in the British Museum,
London. Of this collection a list will be
found in the British Museum Catalogue of
MS. Music. From it a number of services
and anthems have been printed at various
times. Tudway composed various anthems,
motets, services, and songs.

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