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Carver, Robert
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Musical biography noting his sacred works and his synthesis of the Flemish style with the English in the earth 16th Century. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=1632
Biographical information and comments on his religious compositions from Classical Net.
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Classical Net Composers Carver Carver was apparently associated with the Royal Chapel of Scotland, as well as with the famous Scone Abbey. He is best known for his sacred choral music, of which there are five surviving masses and two surviving motets. His style...Biographical sketch, musical analysis, partial discography, and period material from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Robert Carver Homme arm on which no similar composition attributed to a British musician is known, and an O bone Jesu (written c. 1546) in no fewer than nineteen voice-parts. The motet is divided into eight sections for varying combinations of voices,...Comments on the sketchy details of his life, comparison of his polyphony to Josquin and Dufay, and links from the Classical Composers Database.
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Robert Carver Classical Composers Database If you have an electronic picture ofRobert Carverthat I can publish here,please fill in you e-mail addressand clickYou will then receive instructions by e-mail.Born: ca. 1484 (perhaps more likely 1487 Scotland)Died: after 1568 Scone, near Perth Scotland)How would you want...