Composer
Thomas Ford (1580-1648); ENG
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Thomas Ford was a skillful composer of the early Stuart period in England known for a book of song and dance music, a pair of anthems, and secular and sacred songs. He was a musician to Prince Henry Stuart, appointed in 1611. After the death of that beloved crown prince in 1612, Ford took a similar position in the service of Prince Charles, remaining in his service after his coronation as King Charles I until the Civil War in 1642. His publication Musicke of Sundrie Kindes (1607) is a collection of settings of several songs, and a number of dances, with various instrumental parts. In addition, there are duets for lyra viol. The two anthems were published in Sir William Leighton's Teares or Lamentations of a Sorrowfull Soule (1614). The consort music is contrapuntal and expressive and the songs range from old fashioned and pedantic to truly expressive along with some fine anthems.
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Vocal Works
9 tracks
- Choral Works
6 tracks
- Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments
2 tracks
- Not full twelve years (Musicke of Sundrie Kindes), for voice & lute
1 track
- Choral Works
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Chamber Works
10 tracks
- A Paven, M. Maynes Choice
1 track
- The Galiard, for 2 viols
2 tracks
- Forget Me Not, for 2 viols
1 track
- The Baggepipes, Sir Charles Howards Delight
1 track
- Why not here, M. Crosse his choice
1 track
- Cate of Bardy, The Queenes Jig
1 track
- A Paven, Sir Richard Westons Delight
1 track
- An Almaine, M. Westovers Farewell
1 track
- Whipit and Tripit, M. Southcotes Jig
1 track
- A Paven, M. Maynes Choice
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Miscellaneous
2 tracks
- Go, Passions, to the Cruel Fair
2 tracks
- Go, Passions, to the Cruel Fair
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