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Born 1543 • Lincoln • England
Died July 4, 1623 (aged 80) • England
Notable Works “Cantiones Sacrae” • “Fitzwilliam Virginal Book” • “Gradualia” • “Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets” • “Songs of sundrie natures”

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