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Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons is credited on 1,166 releases across 232 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,166
Credits
232
Albums
8
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
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English composer and keyboard player, born at Oxford (1583-1625), he is recognized as one of the most important English composers of the early 17th century.
His father, William Gibbons, was also a musician appointed in Cambridge, while his elder brother,, was also a composer.
In 1605 Orlando Gibbons was appointed to the prestigious position of organist of the Chapel Royal; in 1619 he succeeded Walter Earle as "one of his Majesty's musician"; in 1623 he became organist of Westminster Abbey.
He composed secular and sacred vocal music, as well as instrumental music for solo keyboard or consort.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,166 releases · 232 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 1,593
- Other credits · 17
Studios: Chapel Of King's College, Cambridge · Henry Wood Hall, London · St Paul's Cathedral, London, England · Forde Abbey
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Glenn Gould
- The Cambridge Singers
- Colin Tilney
- Deller Consort
- The Choir Of Westminster Abbey
- Gustav Leonhardt
- Ketil Bjørnstad
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