Michael East (composer)

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rdf:langString From the Fancies à2, à3 & à4 from the Seventh Set of Bookes . Performed by Phillip W. Serna, Bass Viols

rdf:langString Michael East - Love cannot dissemble, Fancy à2, No.1 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - I as well as thou, Fancy à2, No.2 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - The Nine Muses - Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, Fancy a3, No.9 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - Ut re my fa sol la, Fancy à2, No.7 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - Draw Out the End, Fancy à2, No.5 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - Dally not with this, Fancy à2, No.8 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - The Nine Muses - Clio, the Muse of History, Fancy a3, No.9 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - Both alike, Fancy à2, No.3 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - Follow me close, Fancy à2, No.6 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Michael East - Hold right, Fancy à2, No.4 from the Seventh Set of Bookes .ogg

rdf:langString Both alike, Fancy à2, No.3

rdf:langString Dally not with this, Fancy à2, No.8

rdf:langString Draw Out the End, Fancy à2, No.5

rdf:langString Follow me close, Fancy à2, No.6

rdf:langString Hold right, Fancy à2, No.4

rdf:langString I as well as thou, Fancy à2, No.2

rdf:langString Love cannot dissemble, Fancy à2, No.1

rdf:langString Ut re my fa sol la, Fancy à2, No.7

rdf:langString The Nine Muses - Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, Fancy à3, No.10

rdf:langString The Nine Muses - Clio, the Muse of History, Fancy à3, No.9

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rdf:langString Michael East (or Easte, Est, Este) (ca. 1580–1648) was an English organist and composer. He was a nephew of London music publisher Thomas East (ca. 1540–1608), although it was once thought that he was his son. In 1601, East wrote a madrigal that was accepted by Thomas Morley for publication in his collection The Triumphs of Oriana. In 1606, he received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Cambridge and in 1609 he joined the choir of Ely Cathedral, initially as a lay clerk. By 1618 he was employed by Lichfield Cathedral, where he worked as a choirmaster, probably until 1644, when the Civil War brought an end to sung services. Elias Ashmole was a chorister at Lichfield, and later recalled that "Mr Michael East … was my tutor for song and Mr Henry Hinde, organist of the Cathedral … taught me on the virginals and organ". East's exact date of death is not known, but he died at Lichfield. His will was written on 7 January 1648 and proved on 9 May 1648. It mentions his wife Dorothy, daughter Mary Hamersly, and a son and grandson both named Michael. His most highly regarded works are his five-part fantasies for viols: Thurston Dart is quoted as saying, "despite some slipshod part-writing, they are among the best five-part consorts of the time".