Английская Википедия:Ellis Gibbons
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Ellis Gibbons (bapt. 30 November 1573 – 14? May 1603) was an English composer of the late Renaissance who was associated with the English Madrigal School. Born in Cambridge to a musical family, Gibbons was the second surviving son of William Gibbons, a town wait. By 1598 he was known to be living in Cambridge's High ward, and later the Market ward. He owned property in Cambridge and London and probably spent much time there, presumably as a musician of some kind (although this has never been verified). At the age of 28 he became one of only two composers to contribute two pieces to The Triumphs of Oriana, a collection of 25 madrigals published in 1601. These madrigals were Long live Шаблон:Not a typo Oriana and Round about her Шаблон:Not a typo; modern commentators generally favor the latter. No other compositions by Gibbons survive, and some scholars have doubted his authorship of these works, ascribing them to his brothers. Two months after his mother's death, his career was cut short by his early death in May 1603, leaving behind his brothers Edward, Ferdinando and Orlando, who would become the most famous musician of the family. Orlando's son, Christopher, was also a noted composer.
Life and career
Ellis Gibbons was born to William (Шаблон:Circa) and Mary (Шаблон:Abbr 1603) Gibbons in Cambridge and baptised on 30 November 1573 at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn At the time early baptisms were commonplace, so his actual date of birth was likely shortly before 30 November.Шаблон:Sfn He was born as the second surviving son in a musical family,Шаблон:Refn where his father William had recently become head of the Cambridge waits,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn and his older brother Edward would also go into a musical career.Шаблон:Sfn 1581/82 saw the birth of Ferdinando in Cambridge, who eventually took William's place as wait.Шаблон:Sfn Orlando, who would become the most famous musician of the family,Шаблон:Sfn was born in 1583 in Oxford,Шаблон:Sfn although musicologist George A. Thewlis notes that Edward and Ellis were still living in Cambridge at the time.Шаблон:Sfn
Cambridge subsidy roles from 1598–1600 listed Gibbons as first living in the High ward,Шаблон:Refn and later the Market ward.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn Gibbons owned property in Cambridge and in the churchyard of St Paul's Cathedral, suggesting that he spent time in London.Шаблон:Sfn He was not the organist of Salisbury Cathedral and the Bristol Cathedral as 17th-century biographer, Anthony Wood and other early biographies claim.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn Modern musicologists do not accept this claim since Wood had conflicting statements earlier in his text and no supporting evidence has been found in the Salisbury or Bristol records.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Additionally, records specify that Richard Fuller was the Salisbury Cathedral organist from 1592–1598, John Farrant from 1598–1602 and John Holmes (Шаблон:Abbr 1629) from 1602–1610.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Any official employment Gibbons did have is unrecorded, and while it was likely music related,Шаблон:Sfn there is no evidence for this.Шаблон:Sfn
At the age of 28 he became the only composer, other than the editor Thomas Morley himself, to contribute two madrigals to The Triumphs of Oriana, a collection of 25 madrigals by 23 composers (most a part of the informal English Madrigal School), published in 1601.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He is known to have married Joan Dyer, likely the sister of the James Dyer who married Gibbons' sister Elizabeth in 1600, by at least November 1602;Шаблон:Sfn the couple did not have children.Шаблон:Sfn In April 1603, Gibbons' mother died and left him as executor and residuary legatee of her will. Soon after Gibbons himself would write his own will on 14 May 1603,Шаблон:Sfn from which much of what is known about Gibbons comes from.Шаблон:Sfn Since the will was proved only 4 days later by his brother Edward, musicologist Edmund Fellowes speculated that the 14 May 1603 was also Gibbons' date of death.Шаблон:Sfn He was probably buried in the parish of St Benet Paul's Wharf, London and while his cause of death is unknown, he may have succumbed to the plague which killed nearly a quarter of London's population that year.Шаблон:Sfn His will gave his properties as life estates to his wife Joan, with the remainder to his brother Edward; he gave a legacy of £20 to the child of his sister Elizabeth.Шаблон:Sfn
Music
Other than two madrigals for The Triumphs of Oriana,Шаблон:Sfn no works by Gibbons survive.Шаблон:Sfn He was the only composer to contribute two madrigals to The Triumphs of Oriana other than the editor, Morley.Шаблон:Sfn American musicologist Joseph Kerman furthers this oddity by noting that prominent English composers like William Byrd and Giles Farnaby are excluded, which he explains by speculating that one of the madrigals may be by Ellis Gibbons' older brother Edward.Шаблон:Sfn Kerman even goes so far as to describe Ellis Gibbons as a "non-entity".Шаблон:Sfn Based on stylistic evidence, Fellowes suggests that both madrigals are by the then 19 year old Orlando, but notes there is no valid evidence to support this claim.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn
The pieces Ellis Gibbons contributed to The Triumphs of Oriana were the 5 part madrigal Long live fair Orianae and a six part madrigal entitled Round about her Шаблон:Not a typo. The latter is considered by Fellowes and musicologist John Harley to be more sophisticated, although Harley notes that it is still demonstrated "at best an unpracticed composer". Long live Шаблон:Not a typo Oriana has been criticized by Fellowes and Harley as being dull,Шаблон:Sfn and having "the appearance of being written at the keyboard".Шаблон:Sfn
Works
| Title | Voices | Genre | Collection: Шаблон:Abbr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long live fair Oriana | 5 | Madrigal | The Triumphs of Oriana: 3 |
| Round about her Charre | 6 | Madrigal | The Triumphs of Oriana: 19 |
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