| 51622: | pseudonym of "Aquila." Among them may be |
| 51623: | named — I eautiful Sea, Friar Tuck's chaunt, |
| 51624: | Harvest Home, Oak and the Ivy, Winter |
| 51625: | ISIight, etc. ; Gipsy hfe and character [1845], |
| 51626: | a collection of songs written in conjunction |
| 51627: | with Glover. His son, Willi.\m Edwin, was |
| 51628: | also a publisher, pianist, and tenor singer, |
| 51629: | who composed some vocal music. He died at |
| 51630: | London, September 21, 1890, aged 64. |
| 51631: | |
| 51632: | Ratcliffe, James 335-L-10 Ratcliffe, James, composer, born in 1751. |
| 51633: | He was a lay-vicar in Durham Cathedral, and |
| 51634: | died in 1818. Composer of church music, |
| 51635: | including anthems, psalms, and chants. |
| 51636: | |
| 51637: | Ravenscroft, John 335-L-14 Ravenscroft, John, violinist and com- |
| 51638: | poser, was one of the Waits of the Tower |
| 51639: | Hamlets, and a violinist in Goodman's Fields |
| 51640: | Theatre. He died in 1745. He published a |
| 51641: | •collection of hornpipes, also sonatas for collection of hornpipes, also sonatas for |
| 51642: | stringed instruments ; also songs, such as |
| 51643: | Foolish woman, fly men's charms [1740], etc. |
| 51644: | |
| 51645: | Ravenscroft, Thomas 335-L-21 Ravenscroft, Thomas, composer and |
| 51646: | editor, was born in 1592 [1582] . He became |
| 51647: | a chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, |
| 51648: | under Edward Pearce. Mus. Bac, Cantab., |
| 51649: | 1607 He died at London in 1635. |
| 51650: | |
| 51651: | Works. — Pammelia, Musicke's ]\Iiscellanie, Works. — Pammelia, Musicke's Miscellanie, |
| 51652: | or Mixed varietie of pleasant Roudelayes and |
| 51653: | delightful Catches of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| 51654: | parts in one. London, 1609. 2nd edition, |
| 51655: | 1618. Deuteromelia : or the Second part of |
| 51656: | Musick s Melodic, or melodious Musicke of |
| 51657: | pleasant Roundelais, K. H. mirth, or Free- |
| 51658: | men's Songs, and such delightful Catches. |
| 51659: | London, 1609. Melismata; musical Phansies, |
| 51660: | fitting the Court, Citie, and Country humours, |
| 51661: | to three, four, and five vovces. London, |
| 51662: | 1611. The Whole Booke of the Psalmes, with |
| 51663: | Hymnes Evangelicall and Songs Spiritual, |
| 51664: | composed into 4 parts by sundry authors, to |
| 51665: | such severall tunes as have been and are |
| 51666: | usually sung in England, Scotland, Wales, |
| 51667: | Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands. |
| 51668: | London, 1621. 2nd edition, 1633. Selections |
| 51669: | from the works of Thomas Ravenscroft, a |
| 51670: | musical composer in the time of King James |
| 51671: | 1. (Roxburghe Club). London, n.d. A briefe |
| 51672: | Discourse of the True but neglected use of |
| 51673: | Charact'ring the Degrees by their Perfection, |
| 51674: | Imperfection, and Diminution in Mensurable |
| 51675: | Musicke, against the common practise and |
| 51676: | custome of these times. London, 1614. |
| 51677: | |
| 51678: | Ravenscroft is best known by his "Booke |
| 51679: | of Psalmes," a work of much importance, |
| 51680: | containing contributions by Tallis, Dowland, |
| 51681: | Morley, Farnaby, Tomkins, Pearson, Parsons, |
| 51682: | Hooper, Kirbye, Allison, Parmer, Bennet, |
| 51683: | Milton, Cranford, Harrison, and tlie editor. |
| 51684: | It lias been drawn upon by nearly every suc- |
| 51685: | ceeding compiler of psalmody, and is now a |
| 51686: | somewhat rare work. It is worthy of notice |
| 51687: | that his "Pammelia" is the earliest collection |
| 51688: | of rounds and canons published in Britain. |
| 51689: | |
| 51690: | Rawlings, Thomas 335-L-63 Rawlings, Thomas, violinist, born about |
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