Short bio Henry Lawes
Birthday:
1595 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England
Died:
1662 in London, England
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Baroque
Full biography Henry Lawes
Henry Lawes (1596-1662) was an English composer, known primarily for his works in the mid-17th century. He was the elder brother of William Lawes, also a composer. While Henry Lawes wrote little instrumental music , he wrote over 400 vocal pieces , including songs, anthems, and separate works for two and three voices, which gained him acclaim in his time.
Lawes was noted for his continuo songs, which were popular during the Baroque period, and he also wrote music for several masques, including Thomas Carew's "Coelum Britannicum." He was a court musician and a lutenist, and he counted the poet John Milton among his friends.
Lawes's work is considered significant because of its beauty, consistency, and craftsmanship. His pieces were esteemed for their musicality and their ease of singing, with powerful emotional resonance.
Henry Lawes continues to be regarded as one of the leading English composers of his time. His songs and other works continue to be performed and appreciated today, more than 350 years after his death.
Compositions featuring Henry Lawes
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slide soft, you silver floods, song for voice & continuo | 2:24 min | Vocal Music | 1663 |
| 2 | Loves Sweet Repose: Amidst the myrtles as I walk, song for voice & contino | 4:39 min | Vocal Music | 1663 |
| 3 | Tavola: In quel gelato core una voce, song for voice & continuo | 2:54 min | Vocal Music | 1663 |
| 4 | The Angler's Song: Man's life is but vain, for 'tis subject to pain, song for voice & continuo | 1:12 min | Vocal Music | 1663 |
| 5 | Sweet, stay awhile; why do you rise?, song for voice & continuo | 2:40 min | Vocal Music | 1620 |
| 6 | A Dialogue on a Kiss | 3:29 min | Vocal Music | 16?? |
| 7 | Oh sweet woods, the delight of solitariness | 2:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 8 | Sing Fair Clorinda | 2:52 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 9 | Sabrina Fair, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 10 | Psalm 68, Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered | 11:07 min | Choral | - |
| 11 | Psalm 8 for chorus & organ "O Lord, our Father, how excellent is Thy name" | 2:43 min | Choral | - |
| 12 | Pale ink, thou art not black enough of hue, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 13 | Orpheus' Hymn: "O King of Heaven and Hell" | 2:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 14 | Oh, that joy so soon should waste, for voice & lute | 1:46 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 15 | Sweet death come visit my sick heart, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 2:09 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 16 | No Reprieve: Now, now Lucasia, now make haste | 4:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 17 | Night & Day: To his Mistress, song (Ayres and Dialogues, Book 1) | 1:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 18 | My wand'ring thoughts have travelled 'round, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 2:12 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 19 | My sweetest bird | 1:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 20 | My Soul the Great God's Praises Sings | 10:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 21 | Most glorious Lord of Life, that on this day (tune Farley Castle) (New English Hymnal, 255) | 2:05 min | Choral | - |
| 22 | Love Despis'd ("In love? Away, you do me wrong"), song | 2:18 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 23 | Like to the Damaske Rose, song | 2:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 24 | The Rose ("Go Lovely Rose"), song (Ayres and Dialogues, Book 2) | 2:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 25 | Zadok the Priest, anthem for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 1:40 min | Choral | - |
| 26 | When shall I see my captive heart? | 3:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 27 | Wert Thou Yet Fairer, song for voice & continuo | 1:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 28 | Unto the soundless vaults of hell below, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 29 | Transcendent Beauty, song for voice & lute | 2:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 30 | This Mossy Bank they Prest | 2:25 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 31 | Thee and Thy Wondrous Deeds | 4:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 32 | The Selfe Banished, song | 2:46 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 33 | Sitting by the Streams | 4:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 34 | The Mournful Lovers | 2:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 35 | The Lark ("Swift through the yielding air") | 2:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 36 | The Excellency of Wine, song | 1:05 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 37 | The captive lovers, song | 1:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Sweet lady and sole mistress of my love, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 39 | Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph that liv'st unseen, for voice & theorbo | 2:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 40 | Legousin hai gunaikes, for voice & lute | 1:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 41 | Sorrow, in vain why dost thou seek to tempt, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 2:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 42 | Among Rosebuds | 1:40 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 43 | Coridon to his Phillis ("Come lovely Phillis"), song | 1:57 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 44 | Come, sad turtle | 3:42 min | Choral | - |
| 45 | Come, Cloris, hie we to thy bow'r, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | Bid me but live, song for voice & lute | 2:10 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 47 | Away, away, Anacreon, for voice & lute | 1:10 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | At dead low ebb of night | 3:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | Ariadne's lament | 10:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 50 | Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (Greek text), for voice & lute | 2:12 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 51 | Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (English text), for voice & lute | 2:30 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 52 | Dear, turn away thine eyes so bright, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 53 | Amintor's Welladay | 2:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 54 | Amarillis, by a spring, for voice & theorbo | 1:57 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 55 | A willow garland, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 56 | A Pastoral Elegie: Cease you jolly shepherds | 3:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 57 | A Lover's Legacy, song for voice & continuo | 1:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 58 | A Glee at Christmas | 1:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 59 | A Funeral Anthem | 4:51 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 60 | A dialogue betwixt time and a pilgrime: Aged man that moves these fields | 2:18 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 61 | A Despairing Lover | 4:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 62 | Hither we come into this world of woe, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 63 | Keep on your vail and hide your eye, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 2:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 64 | Inconstancy return'd | 1:57 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 65 | Inconstancie in Woman ("I am confirm'd a woman can"), song | 2:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 66 | In Celia's face a question did arise, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 67 | I'll tell you how the rose did first grow red, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 68 | I rise and grieve, song for soprano & bass instrument | 3:59 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 69 | I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart | 2:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 70 | I burn, and cruel you, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 3:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 71 | How cool and temp'rate I am grown, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 72 | 'Tis But a Frowne, song for voice & continuo | 2:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 73 | Her Virgin eyes saw God (Tune: Farley Castle) (New English Hymnal 182) | 2:33 min | Choral | - |
| 74 | Hence, vain intruder, haste away, song for vcoie & lute or viola da gamba | 1:23 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 75 | Have you e'er seen the morning sun, song | 2:30 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 76 | Hark, Shepherd Swains | 4:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 77 | From the heav'ns now I fly, for voice & theorbo | 1:57 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 78 | Feare Not, Dear Love, song | 1:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 79 | Did I once say that thou wert fair?, song for voice & lute or viola da gamba | 1:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 80 | Dialogue | 4:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
Albums featuring Henry Lawes
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Henry Lawes, David Munderloh, Julian Behr, Silvia Tecardi – How The Rose Did First Grow Red(CD, Album) | 2018 | Passacaille |
| 2 |  |
Henry Lawes / La Rêveuse, Jeffrey Thompson, Bertrand Cuiller, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot – Ayres(CD, Album) | 2012 | Mirare |
| 3 |  |
Emma Kirkby, Caccini, Strozzi, Blow, Purcell, Nauwch, Notari, Saracini, Carissimi, Lawes, Weldon – Arie Antiche(CD, Album, Reissue) | 2012 | Alto |
| 4 |  |
Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs (2), Johnson, Lawes, Humfrey, Purcell – With Endless Teares(CD, ) | 2009 | Channel Classics |
| 5 |  |
Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Henry Lawes, John Dowland, Thomas Campion, John Eccles, Nicola Matteis – Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen: Festspiel-Edition 2008: Orpheus Britannicus(CD, Promo) | 2008 | Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen |
| 6 |  |
Henry & William Lawes / Robin Blaze • Elizabeth Kenny with Rebecca Outram • Robert Macdonald • Frances Kelly • William Carter – Songs By Henry And William Lawes(CD, Album) | 2007 | Hyperion |
| 7 |  |
Henry Lawes : Nigel Rogers (2), Paul O'Dette, Frances Kelly – Goe, Lovely Rose (Songs Of An English Cavalier)(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1993 | Virgin Classics Digital |
| 8 |  |
Blow • Lawes • Purcell • Child • Turner, Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston – Coronation Music For King James II | 1987 | Archiv Produktion |
| 9 |  |
Henry Lawes - The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley – Sitting By The Streams (Psalms, Ayres And Dialogues) | 1984 | Hyperion |
| 10 |  |
W. Lawes • H. Lawes • A. Ferrabosco II • N. Laniere • Deering • Tomkins, Tessier • Morley • Holborne • Dowland • Conversi – Music Of The Court Homes And Cities Of England, Volume 3: Composers Of Whitehall Palace & Wilton House(LP, Album, Club Edition | 1969 | The Record Society |
| 11 |  |
John Milton (2), Henry Lawes, Barbara Jefford, Ian Holm, William Squire, Tony Church, Margaret Rawlings, Gary Watson (2) – Comus / Samson Agonistes | 1968 | Argo (2) |
| 12 |  |
Carl Dolmetsch ∙ Joseph Saxby, Telemann, Pepusch, Matteis, Senaillié, Lawes – Blockflöten-Musik (Gespielt Von Carl Dolmetsch)(LP, 10", Mono) | - | Decca |
Videos featuring Henry Lawes
A Dialogue on a Kiss, Henry Lawes
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