Hugh Aston
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English composer, musician and civic leader
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It sits within the topics 1480s births, 1558 deaths and 15th-century English composers.
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Hugh Aston (c. 1485 – buried 17 November 1558) was an English composer of the early Tudor period. While little of his music survives, he is notable for his innovative keyboard writing. Hugh Aston, with seven large-scale works to his credit, is the most important of the less famous composers represented in the Forrest-Heyther and Peterhouse partbooks. He graduated Bachelor of Music at Oxford in 1510. It was fitting therefore that the choirmaster's post at Cardinal College, Oxford which Taverner
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- Leicester
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of death
- 1558-11-16
- date of birth
- 1485-00-00
- date of burial or cremation
- 1558-11-17
- place of burial
- St Margaret's Church, Leicester
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- Hugh Aston
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