Vinyl records

Orlando Gibbons vinyl records

1 album with 10 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

English composer and keyboard player, born at Oxford (1583-1625), he is recognized as one of the most important English composers of the early 17th century. His father, William Gibbons, was also a musician appointed in Cambridge, while his elder brother, , was also a composer. In 1605 Orlando Gibbons was appointed to the prestigious position of organist of the Chapel Royal; in 1619 he succeeded Walter Earle as "one of his Majesty's musician"; in 1623 he became organist of Westminster Abbey. He composed secular and sacred vocal music, as well as instrumental music for solo keyboard or consort.