Tudor Composers Time - line

Kings & Queens Monarch From To Tudors Henry VII 1485 1509 Henry VIII 1547 Edward VI 1553 Mary I 1558 Elizabeth I 1603 James I and VI 1625 Charles I 1649 Stuarts

Our Composer’s Time - Line Date 1400 1500 1600 Composer King Henry VIII John Bull William Byrd Thomas Campion John Dowland Orlando Gibbons Thomas Tallis

Time line notes Henry VIII was acknowledged as a talented musician and gifted composer although direct evidence is scarce. He is reputed to have composed the well known melody “Greensleeves” when wooing Anne Boleyn. Only John Dowland and Thomas Tallis were Henry’s contemporaries. John Dowland was an almost exact contemporary of William Shakespeare.

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