Thomas Preston (composer)
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Thomas Preston was an English organist
and composer who held posts at Magdalen College, Oxford
, Trinity College, Cambridge
, and St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
and composer who held posts at Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
, Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, and St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Further reading
- Ian Payne, "Instrumental Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, c. 1594-c.1615: Archival and Biographical Evidence," Music and Letters 68 (1987), pp. 128–140.http://ml.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/68/2/128
External links
- Brief biography at "Here of a Sunday Morning"