A Short Historical Account of the Degrees in Music at Oxford and Cambridge; With a Chronological List of Graduates in That Faculty from the Year 1463 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1893 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. CAMBRIDGE GRADUATES IN MUSIC. 1463. Mus. Bac.--Henry Habyngton, Abyngton, or Abyngdon, was admitted February 20, and was allowed to proceed to the degree of Doctor in Music on condition of his remaining one year in Cambridge after receiving the Baccalauriat. Why this condition was imposed is not clear, unless it was that the University wished to retain for a period the services of so eminent a musician. Whether he fulfilled the condition is not stated. He was a friend of Sir Thomas More, who wrote two Latin epitaphs on him (in Cayley's "Life of More," I., 317). He is called in these "Nobilis," as was a contemporary, John Atkins, Fellow of Merton, who is styled in the album of that house "Nobilis Musicus." f He was appointed Succentor of Wells Cathedral in 1447, Master of the Song of the Chapel Royal in 1465, at a salary of forty marks, and Master of St. Catherine's Hospital, Bristol, in 1478. The following extract from one of More's epitaphs shows that he was of great reputation as a singer and organist: Millibus in tnille cantor fuit optimus ille, Prater et hcec ista fuit optimus orgaquenista; He died in 1497, and was succeeded in his post at Wells (which he held together with his other appointments) by Robert Wydow. Mus. Doc.--Thomas Saintwix, Saintvist, or Saint Just, who had previously received the degree of Doctor in Music, was this year made Master of King's Hall J by Edward IV., whose Chaplain he was. He died in 1467. Appendix, B. C. t Wood, " Annals," II., Bk. II., 722. King's Hall was afterwards, with Michael House and Bishop's and Garrett's Hostels, merged into Trinity College. Burney and Hawkins confuse it with King's College, with which it had no connection. App. D. I47O. Mus. Bac.--Lessy, a member of the Duke of York's...