Quick Facts
- Born:
- c. 1555
- Died:
- June 29, 1630, Windsor, Berkshire, England
- Notable Family Members:
- father William Mundy
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John Mundy
English composer
John Mundy (born c. 1555ādied June 29, 1630, Windsor, Berkshire, England) was an organist and composer of choral and keyboard music. The son of the composer William Mundy, he was an organist at St. Georgeās Chapel, Windsor. He received a bachelor of music degree at the University of Oxford in 1586 and the doctorate in 1624.
Of his music, a few apparently incomplete works in Latin survive. They are often deeply expressive. About 20 English anthems survive (many incomplete). Some of his best-known works, printed in Songs and Psalmes (1594), are pleasant and fluent. Five of his instrumental works are included in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.
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