Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1621 or 2
- Died
- 1677
- Works
- 26
Top works
- The present practice of musick vindicated against the exceptions and new way of attaining musick lately published
- Macbeth
- Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth
- Melothesia
- Chamber Music, Complete for Organ and Strings
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- Listeners
- 13,770
- Total plays
- 77,527
Tags
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Matthew Locke (c.1621–1677) was an English baroque composer and music theorist. As a boy he was trained in the choir of Exeter Cathedral under Edward Gibbons, the brother of Orlando Gibbons. At the age of eighteen Locke travelled in the Netherlands, and possibly converted to Roman Catholicism. Locke, with Christopher Gibbons (the son of Orlando Gibbons), composed the score for Cupid and Death, the 1653 masque by Caroline-era playwright James Shirley. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Matthew+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Exeter
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- music theorist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Matthew Locke.jpg
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- Commons category
- Matthew Locke
- date of death
- 1677-00-00
- date of birth
- 1630-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- student
- Henry Purcell
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