Pelham Humfrey
Pelham Humfrey (
Humphrey, Humphrys) (1647 - 14 July 1674) was the first to prominence of the new generation of English composers at the beginning of the
Restoration. He died at the age of 27, but exerted a strong influence on his peers even at his young age, including
Henry Purcell and
John Blow.
By the age of seventeen his anthems were evidently in use and he was sent by the King to study in France and Italy. He later succeeded
Henry Cooke (his father-in-law) as Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal and also became composer to the Court.
* Dennison, Peter.
Pelham Humfrey. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986.
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