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Composer of the Week Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Episodes

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  1. 鈥楾he Best Finger of that Age鈥� 1617-1620

    4/5 Donald Macleod looks at the last - eventful - decade of Gibbons鈥檚 short life.

  2. The New Band in Town 1612-1617

    3/5 Gibbons joins the new musical group formed by the Prince of Wales, the future Charles I.

  3. The Court Musician and The British Problem 1603-1612

    2/5 Gibbons joins the royal household of the newly crowned King James.

  4. What Is Our Life? 1583-1603

    1/5 Gibbons鈥檚 early life in Cambridge and Oxford, amidst Britain鈥檚 political turbulence.

  5. A Legacy Reborn 1620-1625

    By 1623 Orlando Gibbons had consolidated his position as the leading musician in the land.