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unusual facts about Thomas Weelkes


Thomas Weelkes

Weelkes was baptised in the little village church of Elsted in Sussex on 25 October 1576.


Music in the Elizabethan era

The most famous of these collections was The Triumphs of Oriana, which was made in honor of Queen Elizabeth and featured the compositions of Morley, Thomas Weelkes, and John Wilbye among other representatives of the English madrigalists.


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