Composers

Francis Pilkington

Voice
Lute
Viol
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Mixed chorus
Song
Airs
Madrigal
Variation
by popularity
Alas Fair FaceAmyntas with His Phyllis FairBeauty Sat Bathing By a SpringGo from My WindowLook Mistress Mine within This Hollow BreastMusic Dear Solace, to My Thoughts NeglectedMy Choice Is Made and I Desire No ChangeO Softly Singing LuteRest, Sweet NymphsSing We, Dance WeSound Woeful Plaints in Hills and WoodsThanks Gentle Moon for Thy Obscured LightThe First Book of Songs or Airs of Four PartsYou That Pine in Long Desire
Wikipedia
Francis Pilkington (ca. 1565 – 1638) was an English classical composer, lutenist and singer, of the Renaissance and Baroque period. Pilkington received a B.Mus. degree from Oxford in 1595. In 1602 he became a singing man at Chester Cathedral and spent the rest of his life serving the cathedral. He became a minor canon in 1612, took holy orders in 1614 and was named precentor of the cathedral in 1623. Although he was a churchman, Pilkington composed largely secular music—ayres, madrigals, and lute songs. He died in Chester.