Orlando Gibbons and the Gibbons Family of Musicians

by John Harley

Book Overview

First published in 1999, this volume is the first full-length study to deal with the life and music of Orlando Gibbons since E.H. Fellowes's short book, originally published in 1923. John Harley investigates in detail the family and musical background from which Orlando Gibbons emerged, and gives a fascinating account of the activities of his father, William Gibbons, as a wait in Oxford and Cambridge. He traces, too, the activities of Orlando's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138327212
• ISBN13: 9781138327214
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"