1. gibbons, orlando an eminent English musician, composer of many exquisite anthems, madrigals, &c., born at Cambridge; in 1604 he obtained the post of organist in the Chapel Royal, London, and two years later received the degree of Mus. Bac. of Cambridge, whileOxford recognised his rare merits in 1622 by creating him a Mus. Doc.; in the followingyear he became organist of Westminster Abbey, and in 1625 was in officialattendance at Canterbury on the occasion of Charles I.'s marriage, but he did not live to celebrate the ceremony, for which he wrote the music; he is considered the last and greatest of the old Church musicians of England (1583-1625).
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