Robert White (also Whyte ; c. 1538 – 1574) probably born in Holborn , a district of London , was an English composer whose liturgical music to Latin texts is considered particularly fine. His surviving works include a setting of verses from Lamentations , and instrumental music for viols .
18-442: Robert White may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Robert White (composer) (1538–1574), English composer Robert White (guitarist) (1936–1994), American Motown session guitarist Robert White (sculptor) (1921–2002), American sculptor Robert White (tenor) (born 1936), American tenor of Irish descent Rusty White (Robert L. White, born 1945), American founder of
36-544: A Bachelorship of Music from Cambridge University , and in 1562 he moved the few miles to Ely , where he succeeded his father-in-law Christopher Tye as Master of the Choristers and married Christopher Tye's daughter in 1565. He accepted a similar post at Chester Cathedral in 1566, where he succeeded Richard Saywell and took part in the Chester Whitsuntide pageants during the years 1567 to 1569. Such
54-522: A flavour in advance of his period, as also his motet Peccatum peccavit Jerusalem and Regina Coeli . White's works fall into two main groups: those that could have been used in Sarum services and devotions under Mary , and those (psalm-motets and Lamentations) that were probably written in Elizabeth 's reign. The Sarum works comprise antiphons, hymns and a respond, all on equal-note cantus firmi, and
72-643: A four-part or six-part texture. Tallis and Sheppard reversed a single pair of (countertenor) parts when the music for one verse of a hymn was re-used, or very occasionally when a set of entries was re-stated. The Compline hymn Christe qui lux es et dies follows the established pattern of alternating plainchant verses with polyphonic ones that incorporate the chant, in this instance in the tenor part. Its text, an evening prayer for peaceful rest, full of imagery of light and darkness, seems to have held special appeal for White, who made four separate settings of it. Robert White (bishop) Robert White (died 1761)
90-470: A large-scale six-part Magnificat that, like two of Taverner's settings, has a psalm tone as the tenor of the full-choir sections. The Magnificat bears the date 1570 in the fragmentary source in the Bodleian Library , but the style makes it very much easier to take this as the year of copying than as the year of composition. For example, at Sicut locutus , a four-part section with the plainsong in
108-553: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert White (composer) Thomas Morley, in his A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke (1597) extols him as one of the greatest English composers, equal to Orlando di Lasso . He notes White's bold harmonies, and includes him in a list of seven eminent Tudor composers that includes " Fayrfax , Taverner , Sheppard , Whyte, Parsons and Mr Byrd ." Some MS partbooks now at Christ Church, Oxford dated about 1581 contain
126-605: The Lamentations , and eight anthems are all sufficient to place him in the front rank of English composers of the Elizabethan age. His surviving non-choral works include In nomine for viols and his hexachord fantasia for keyboard. Many of the motets are settings of the Psalms, characterized by continuous points of imitation, with the beginnings of each phrase set syllabically. His Lamentations , set for five voices, has
144-588: The Robb Report Government and politics [ edit ] Bob White (mayor) (1914–2006), mayor of Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand Robert White (attorney general) (1833–1915), West Virginia Attorney General Robert White (Australian politician) (1838–1900), New South Wales politician Robert White (judge) (1759–1831), American military officer, lawyer, politician, and judge Robert J. White (judge) , (born 1985) American judge Robert J. White (Arkansas politician) , served in
162-1774: The Arkansas House in 1999 from Camden, Arkansas Robert White (Washington, D.C., politician) (born 1982), District of Columbia council member Robert White (West Virginia state senator) (1876–1935), American lawyer and politician Robert E. White (1926–2015), U.S. ambassador Robert John White , Northern Ireland politician, mayor of Coleraine Robert Smeaton White (1856–1944), Canadian journalist and political figure Robert W. White (mayor) (1922–1985), mayor of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Medicine and science [ edit ] Robert White (Virginia physician) (1688–1752), Scottish-American physician and surgeon Robert J. White (1926–2010), American surgeon Robert L. White (engineer) (1927–2023) American engineering professor and cochlear implant pioneer Robert M. White (meteorologist) (1923–2015), American meteorologist Robert W. White (psychologist) (1904–2001), American psychologist Bob White (geophysicist) (born 1952), English geophysicist Sports [ edit ] Robert White (American football) (1912–1969), American college football coach Robert White (Australian footballer) (1895–1982), Australian rules footballer Robert White (baseball) , American baseball player Robert White (cricketer) (born 1979), English cricketer and umpire Robert White (handballer) (born 1983), British handball player Robert White (sailor) (born 1956), British Olympic sailor Robert W. White (golfer) (1876–1959), Scottish-American golf course architect and golf administrator Robbie White (born 1995), English cricketer Other [ edit ] Robert White (bishop) (died 1761), primus of
180-912: The Denver Police Department, Denver, Colorado Robert L. White (collector) (~1949–2003), American collector Robert Meadows White (1798–1865), English cleric, professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford Robert Michael White (1924–2010), United States Air Force veteran and test pilot Robert P. White (born 1963), United States Army general Bobby White (21st century), American police officer See also [ edit ] Bert White (disambiguation) Bob White (disambiguation) Rob White (Formula One) (born 1965), English Formula One engineer Robert Wight (1796–1872), Scottish surgeon and botanist Robert Whyte (born 1955), Australian author, editor and journalist Robert Whyte (judge) (1787–1844), justice of
198-510: The Scottish Episcopal Church, 1747–1761 Robert White (British Army officer) (1827–1902), British general Robert White (engraver) (1645–1703), English draughtsman and portrait engraver Robert White (priest) , English Anglican priest Robert White (serial killer) (born 1960), American serial killer Robert White (antiquary) (1802–1874), Scottish antiquary Robert C. White (born 1953), chief of police of
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234-465: The mean, mostly in longs and breves, the accompanying parts have numerous crotchet runs, which, although considerably more numerous and more hectic, give something of the same effect as the similarly scored Et incarnatus of Taverner's Gloria tibi Trinitas . But there are also traces of the repetitive techniques characteristic of White in his full-choir motets. The key point here is the exchanging of material between pairs of voices of equal range throughout
252-422: The tribute "Maxima musarum nostrarum gloria White' Tu peris, aeternum sed tua musa manet" ("Thou, O White, greatest glory of our muses, dost perish, but thy muse endureth for ever"). According to Arnold, the first glimpse we get of Robert White, son of an organ builder, is as a chorister, and then an adult singer in the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1554 to 1562. During that time, in 1560, he received
270-639: Was a Scottish minister who served as the Bishop of Dunblane (1735–43), Bishop of Fife (1743–61) and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1757–61). He was the son of Charles White, a Dundee merchant, and Susanna Douglas, daughter of the Right Reverend Robert Douglas , Bishop of Dunblane . After his education at the University of Oxford , he was ordained sometime between 1709 and 1716. His first pastoral appointment
288-544: Was as the Incumbent of Essie, Glamis (c. 1716–32). His next two appointments were as Curate (1732–33) and then Incumbent (1733–61) of Cupar . In 1735, he was chosen to be the Bishop of Dunblane , but David Freebairn , Primus of the Church , refused to confirm the election. Despite this, he was consecrated at Carsebank, Forfar on 24 June 1735 by bishops Thomas Rattray , William Dunbar and Robert Keith . He
306-521: Was buried on 11 November 1574 aged around 36. Though Robert White stood so high among mid-sixteenth century musicians, his compositions were almost utterly neglected till unearthed by Charles Burney . Fortunately quite a large number of White's compositions have survived, several of which were included in the Dow Partbooks . His surviving 17 Latin motets, one Latin Magnificat , two sets of
324-657: Was his reputation as a choir trainer that in 1570 he was appointed organist and master of the choristers of Westminster Abbey . White and his family died in a virulent outbreak of plague in the Westminster area in 1574. Although White seems to have spent much of his life working to the north of the capital, his will (dated 7 November 1574) stated that he left property of some substance in Sussex and directed that he be buried in St. Margaret's, Westminster "nere unto my children". White
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