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Gibbons and other Chapel Royal members had begun travelling to Canterbury on 31 May when Gibbons suddenly succumbed to an illness, probably a brain haemorrhage. He died at age 41 in Canterbury and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
When did Orlando Gibbons die?
Orlando Gibbons, (born 1583, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. —died June 5, 1625, Canterbury, Kent), organist and composer, one of the last great figures of the English polyphonic school.
Was Orlando Gibbons married?
Between 1596 and 1598 Orlando sang in the choir of King's College, Cambridge where his brother was master. He entered the university in 1598 and got the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606. He married and had seven children.
Why is Orlando Gibbons important?
Orlando Gibbons was one of the most important English composers from the early seventeenth century, with only William Byrd eclipsing him in rank. His church music, exclusively written for the English Church, is among the most popular and enduring in his oeuvre.
