Thomas Ford
Born: 1580; England
Died: November 17, 1648; London, England
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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
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'Tis now dead night (1)
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A Pill to purge Melancholie "M. Richard Martins Thumpe" (1)
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A Snatch and away "Sir John Paulets toy" (1)
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Airs de cour (1)
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Airs de cour: Allemande (1)
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Airs de cour: Pavan (1)
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Almighty God who hast me brought (1)
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And if you do touch me ile crie Sir Richard Tichbournes toy (1)
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Cate of Bardy (2)
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Come, Phyllis (1)
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Fair, sweet, cruel (1)
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Go, Passions, to the Cruel Fair (1)
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M. Maynes Choice (2)
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M. Southcotes Paven (1)
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M. Westovers farewell (1)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes (1)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Part I: What then is love, sings Coridon (1)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 1: Come phillis (1)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 1: Faire sweet cruell (4)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 1: Go, passions to the cruel fair (2)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 1: Since first I saw your face (4)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 2: Baggepipes (1)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 2: Forget me not (2)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 2: Pavane and Galliard (2)
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Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 2: Why not here? (2)
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Not full twelve years (1)
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Pavane and Galliard (1)
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Sigh no more ladies (1)
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Sir Richard Westons delight (1)
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The Baggepipes Sir Charles Howards delight (1)
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The wild goose chase Sir John Philpots delight (1)
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There Is a Ladie, Sweet and Kind for 4 voices & instruments (2)
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What then is love sings Coridon (2)
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Biography |
by Joseph Stevenson
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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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