Porter, Walter
Porter, Walter
Porter, Walter , English tenor, lutenist, and composer; b. c. 1587; d. London (buried), Nov. 30, 1659. He was a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and then may have been a pupil of Monteverdi in Italy. In 1617 he was made a tenor in the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal. In 1639 he became Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey. With the outbreak of Civil War, he was compelled to seek other employment, and from 1644 to 1656 he was in the service of Sir Edward Spencer. He publ. Madrigales and Ayres (London, 1632) and Mottets of Two Voyces (London, 1657). His madrigals are some of the earliest examples of English madrigals in concertato style à la Monteverdi.
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