Robert Parsons

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Life

Born: c.1530

Died: 25 January 1571/2

Biography

View the Wikipedia article on Robert Parsons.

Robert Parsons was perhaps born c.1530. The earliest reference to him occurs the later part of 1560 when he collected payments from the Exchequer on behalf of Richard Bower, the Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal. It is thought that he may have been an assistant schoolmaster to Bower. In 1563 Parsons was admitted into the choir of the Chapel Royal. He died on 25 January 1572 (new style) when he drowned at Newark. His place in the Chapel Royal was filled by William Byrd. Parsons needs to be distinguished firstly from the Jesuit priest Robert Persons (1546-1610) and secondly from the apparently unrelated younger composer Robert Parsons II (1596-1676) who was a lay vicar at Exeter Cathedral.

List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Robert Parsons compositions

English works

The First Service Venite, exultemus Te Deum laudamus Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel Decalogue Responses ("Kyrie") Credo Magnificat Nunc dimittis

The Second 'Excellent' Service for Means Venite Te Deum Laudamus Benedictus Decalogue Response, 'Kyrie' Credo The evening canticles to the Second Service were composed by William Mundy in tribute to Parsons. Magnificat (William Mundy) Nunc Dimittis (William Mundy)

English anthems

• Deliver me from mine enemies
• Holy Lord God Almighty

Consort songs

• Abradad: Alas you salt sea gods
• Enforced by Love and Fear
• No grief is like to mine
• Pour down you powers divine

Latin works

Ave Maria Credo quod redemptor meus vivit Domine, quis habitabit Iam Christus astra ascenderat In manus tuas

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna Magnificat O bone Jesu Peccantem me quotidie Retribue servo tuo

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External links

• Parsons Project