Short bio Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger
Birthday:
1570 in Greenwich, London, England
Died:
1628 in Greenwich, London, England
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Baroque, Renaissance
Full biography Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger
Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger, born in London in 1575, was an English composer of Italian origin. He was the son of the Italian composer Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder, who served as a musician to Elizabeth I.
Ferrabosco the Younger began his career as a singer in the royal chapel, but soon turned to composition. He studied with the noted English composer William Byrd, and like Byrd, he was a Catholic in a predominantly Protestant country. This may have influenced his musical style, which often featured religious themes.
Ferrabosco the Younger was a prolific composer, producing numerous pieces of music for both secular and religious settings. His oeuvre includes madrigals, anthems, motets, and instrumental music, such as fantasias for viols. His compositions were known for their beautiful melodies, sophisticated harmonies, and refined craftsmanship.
Ferrabosco the Younger enjoyed considerable success during his lifetime, and was widely regarded as one of the most talented composers of his generation. He served as a musician to the court of James I, and his music was sought after by many prominent musicians and patrons. His works were performed at various royal events, including the coronation of James I.
Despite his success, Ferrabosco the Younger is not as well-known today as some of his contemporaries, such as Byrd or Thomas Tallis. However, his music remains a testament to his talent and creativity, and continues to be appreciated by those who seek out the music of the English Renaissance.
Compositions featuring Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almans (10) for 5 viols | Chamber Music | 1621 | |
| 2 | Fantasie a 6 bass instruments (Concert for six voices, 1616) | 4:00 min | Chamber Music | 1616 |
| 3 | In depth no man remembreth Thee, for 5 voices | 1:52 min | Choral | 1614 |
| 4 | Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 viols (1609) | Chamber Music | 1609 | |
| 5 | So Beauty on the Waters Stood, for voice & lute | 1:44 min | Vocal Music | 1607 |
| 6 | Dovehouse Paven | 4:26 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 16?? |
| 7 | Alas, Alack, my Heart is Woe, consort song | 2:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 8 | Allmaine & Coranto for lyra viol in D major (VdGS No. 161-162, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols. Lesson 17) | 4:54 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 9 | Almain in the first tuning, for 2 lyra viols | 2:40 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 10 | Almaine & Coranto for lyra viol in A major (VdGS No. 136-137, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 5:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 11 | Almaine & Coranto for lyra viol in D major (VdGS No. 193-194, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 4:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 12 | Almaine & Coranto for lyra viol in F major (VdGS No. 105-106, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 5:19 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 13 | Almaine & Coranto for lyra viol in F minor (VdGS No. 101-102, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 6:14 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 14 | Almaine for 1-3 viols (VdGS No. 1; Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 1:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 15 | Almaine for 1-3 viols (VdGS No. 2; Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 1:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 16 | Almaine for 1-3 viols (VdGS No. 3; Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 0:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 17 | Almaine for 5 viols (VdGS No. 9) | 2:03 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 18 | Almaine for 5 viols (VdGS No. 10) | 1:58 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 19 | Almaine for 5 viols No. 10, MB 81/24 (VdGS No. 4) | 2:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 20 | Almaine for brass | 1:34 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 21 | Almaine for lyra viol (Lesson 1, Lessons for the Lyra-Viol) | 4:16 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 22 | Almaine for lyra viol (Lesson 3, Lessons for the Lyra-Viol) | 3:36 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | Alman | 2:06 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 24 | Alman in C major | 1:30 min | Orchestral | - |
| 25 | Almandes (2), for band | 3:03 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 26 | Come My Celia, Let Us Prove, for voice & lute | 2:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 27 | Coranto | 1:25 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 28 | Coranto I | 1:39 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 29 | Coranto II | 1:33 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 30 | Coranto III for lyra viol | 1:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Coranto, for viola da gamba (Manchester Gamba Book, III-3) | 1:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 32 | Coranto, for viola da gamba (Manchester Gamba Book, III-5) | 1:24 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 33 | Coranto, for viola da gamba (Manchester Gamba Book, III-8) | 1:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 34 | Coranto, for viola da gamba (Manchester Gamba Book, III-10) | 2:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 35 | Dovehouse Pavan, for 5 viols | 3:58 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 36 | Fancie in the third tuning, for 3 viols | 2:25 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 37 | Fantasia for 4 viols | 4:15 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 38 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 1 | 2:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 39 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 2 | 2:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 40 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 3 | 2:27 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 41 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 4 | 2:20 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 42 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 5 | 2:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 43 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 6 | 3:07 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 44 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 7 | 2:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 45 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 8 | 2:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 46 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 9 | 3:50 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 47 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 10 | 3:28 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 48 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 11, MB 62/11 (VdGS No. 21) | 2:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 49 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 13, MB 62/13 (VdGS No. 16) | 3:07 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 50 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 14 | 3:19 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 51 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 15, MB 62/15 (VdGS No. 13) | 2:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 52 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 16 | 2:54 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 53 | Fantasia for 4 viols No. 24 | 2:22 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 54 | Fantasia for 6 viols No. 2 | 4:14 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 55 | Fantasia for 6 viols No. 3 | 4:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 56 | Fantasia for 6 viols No. 4, MB 81/32 (VdGS No. 6) | 3:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 57 | Fantasia for 6 viols No. 6 | 3:15 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 58 | Fantasia for 6 viols No. 8 ("For Three Trebles") | 2:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 59 | Fantasia for viols in G major | 2:32 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 60 | Fantasia in F | 3:00 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 61 | Fantasia on the hexachord | 4:28 min | - | |
| 62 | Fantasie composed by the most Artificial & famous for lute | 3:28 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 63 | Fayre cruell Nimph | 2:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 64 | Four-note pavan | 3:47 min | Orchestral | - |
| 65 | Galliard | 3:25 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 66 | Galliard & Coranto for lyra viol in A major (VdGS No. 134-135, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 5:20 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 67 | Galliard & Coranto for lyra viol in A minor (VdGS No. 130-131, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols. Lesson 9) | 7:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 68 | Galliard & Coranto for lyra viol in D major (VdGS No. 165-166, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols. Lesson 19) | 6:55 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 69 | Galliard & Coranto for lyra viol in D major (VdGS No. 191-192, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 4:16 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 70 | Galliard & Coranto for lyra viol in D minor (VdGS No. 177-178, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 4:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 71 | Galliard & Coranto for lyra viol in F minor (VdGS No. 103-104, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 3:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 72 | Galliard in the first tuning, for 2 viols | 3:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 73 | Gentle Knights (from Incidental Music Ben Johnsons' s Oberon) | 2:26 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 74 | Heare me, O God, for voice & 4 viols (adapted from Four-Note Pavan) | 6:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 75 | Hexachord Fantasia for 5 viols No. 1 | 3:41 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 76 | Hexachord Fantasia for 5 viols No. 2 | 4:02 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 77 | In Nomine a 5 | 4:30 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 78 | In Nomine through all parts for 6 viols | 5:44 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 79 | In Nomine, for 6 viols No. 1 | 3:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 80 | In Nomine, for 6 viols No. 2 | 3:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 81 | Io mio son Giovanetta | 3:31 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 82 | Jigg for lute | 1:44 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 83 | Lamentations, for chorus | 9:33 min | Choral | - |
| 84 | Like Hermit poor (Ayres, 1609) | 1:51 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 85 | Masque of Queens | - | ||
| 86 | Nay Nay You Must Not Stay (from Incidental Music for Ben Johnson's Oberon) | 1:43 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 87 | O eyes, o mortal stars | 1:27 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 88 | O lux beata trinitas, motet for 6 voices | 4:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 89 | O Yet How Early and Before Her Time | 2:21 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 90 | Pavan & Coranto for lyra viol in A minor (VdGS No. 140-141, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 6:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 91 | Pavan for 1-3 viols (VdGS No. 5; Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 4:03 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 92 | Pavan for 5 viols ("Sharpe pavan"; VdGS No. 3) | 3:51 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 93 | Pavan for 5 viols in C major | 4:07 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 94 | Pavan for 5 viols in C major (VdGS No. 2) | 3:07 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 95 | Pavan on Four Notes, for 5 viols (VdGS No. 4) | 4:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 96 | Pavan on Seven Notes, for 5 viols No. 2, MB 81/7 (VdGS No. 8) | 5:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 97 | Pavane | 3:53 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 98 | Pavane No 4 | 5:38 min | Orchestral | - |
| 99 | Pavane No. 4 | 3:48 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 100 | Pavin | 4:18 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 101 | Pavin & Coranto for lyra viol in A minor (VdGS No. 128-129, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols. Lesson 8) | 6:45 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 102 | Pavin in the second tuning, for 3 viols | 4:42 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 103 | Prelude for lyra viol in D major (VdGS No. 181, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 1:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 104 | Prelude for lyra viol in D major (VdGS No. 182, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 0:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 105 | Prelude for lyra viol in D minor (VdGS No. 180, Lessons for 1, 2 and 3 Viols) | 1:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 106 | Questi ch'indizio fan del mio tormento, for 6 voices | 3:30 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 107 | So, so, leave off this last lamenting kisse (from Ayres 1609) | 2:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 108 | Sound Out My Voice, for viola da gamba & continuo (after Palestrina) | 5:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 109 | Spanish Pavan for 2 lutes | 3:58 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 110 | Tell Me, O Love for 2 voices & lute | 2:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 111 | The Solemn Rites Are Well Begun | 1:57 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 112 | Ut re mi fa sol la - La sol fa mi re ut, for 5 viols, MB 81/2a&b | 7:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 113 | When Daphne from Fair Phoebus Did Fly, consort song | 4:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 114 | Why Stays the Bridegroom, consort song for voice & continuo | 2:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
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