Gibbons, Edward
Gibbons, Edward
Gibbons, Edward, English composer, brother of Ellis and Orlando Gibbons; b. Cambridge, 1568; d. probably in Exeter, c. 1650. He received a B.Mus. degree from both Oxford and Cambridge. After serving as a lay clerk at King’s Coll., Cambridge, he became master of choristers in 1593, and kept the post until 1598. He then went to the Exeter Cathedral, where he served for many years, with the titles of ′′priest-vicar′′ and succentor, though he remained a layman. Little of his music is extant.
Bibliography
J. Harley, Orlando Gibbons and the Gibbons family of Musicians (Brookfield, Vt., 1999).
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