Samuel Akeroyde

Samuel Akeroyde (also Ackroyd, Ackroyde, Acroyd; fl. 1684-1706)[1] was a popular and prolific composer of songs in the latter part of the 17th century. He was born in Yorkshire. He wrote more than 100 songs.

Many of his compositions are contained in collections of the period, including: Thomas d'Urfey's Third Collection of Songs (1685); The Theatre of Musick (1685-1687); Vinculum Societatis (1687); Comes Amoris (1687-1694); The Banquet of Musick (1688-1692); Thesaurus Musicus (1693-1696); and in The Gentleman's Journal (1692-1694). He was also a contributor to the Third Part of D'Urfey's Don Quixote (1696).

Notes

  1. Ian Spink. "Akeroyde, Samuel". In L. Root, Deane. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.