Thomas Tomkins [SEP] date of birth
Thomas Tomkins
Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort music, and the last member of the English virginalist school.
Life.
Tomkins was born in St David's in Pembrokeshire in 1572. His father, also Thomas, who had moved there in 1565 from the family home of Lostwithiel in Cornwall,
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- Thomas Tomkins – "Songs Of 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts"
Opera.
- Francesca Caccini – "" (The martyrdom of Saint Agata)
Births.
- "date unknown"
- James Clifford, churchman and musician (died 1698)
- Gaspar de Verlit, composer (died 1682)
- Alba Trissina, Italian composer.
Deaths.
- January 1 – Jakob Hassler, composer (born 1569)
- February 11 – Alfonso Fontanelli