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Wise was one of the first generation of boy choristers to be trained by Captain Henry Cook at the Chapel Royal after the restauration; a generation which also included [[John Blow]] and [[Pelham Humfrey]]. | Wise was one of the first generation of boy choristers to be trained by Captain Henry Cook at the Chapel Royal after the restauration; a generation which also included [[John Blow]] and [[Pelham Humfrey]]. | ||
The entry in [[ | The entry in [[Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce)]] reads: | ||
Michael Wise, was also of the first Set of Children of the King's Chapel, after the Restauration. His first Preferments were to be Organist, and Master of the Choristers to the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, which he succeeded to April the 29th, 1668; and on January the 6th, 1675-6, he was appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. He became Almoner, and Master of the Choristers in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, on January the 27th, 1686, and died at Salisbury in August, 1687. | Michael Wise, was also of the first Set of Children of the King's Chapel, after the Restauration. His first Preferments were to be Organist, and Master of the Choristers to the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, which he succeeded to April the 29th, 1668; and on January the 6th, 1675-6, he was appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. He became Almoner, and Master of the Choristers in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, on January the 27th, 1686, and died at Salisbury in August, 1687. |
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Life
Born: c.1648
Died: 1687
Biography
Wise was one of the first generation of boy choristers to be trained by Captain Henry Cook at the Chapel Royal after the restauration; a generation which also included John Blow and Pelham Humfrey.
The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce) reads:
Michael Wise, was also of the first Set of Children of the King's Chapel, after the Restauration. His first Preferments were to be Organist, and Master of the Choristers to the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, which he succeeded to April the 29th, 1668; and on January the 6th, 1675-6, he was appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. He became Almoner, and Master of the Choristers in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, on January the 27th, 1686, and died at Salisbury in August, 1687.
He was one of the three great Geniuses produced from this first Set of Children: Humphrys had but a short Period, but Blow lived many Years after these his School-fellows, to cultivate with Success his uncommon Talent of Modulation.
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List of choral works
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- A Catch on the Midnight Cats ( )
- Awake, put on thy strength ( Sibelius )
- Awake my glory
- Blessed is he that considereth the poor
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in Eb ( )
- Old Chiron ( Sibelius 2 )
- Prepare ye the way of the Lord ( Sibelius 2 )
- Ways of Zion do mourn, The ( Sibelius 2 )
- Thy beauty, O Israel
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