Martin Peerson

Martin Peerson (* around 1572 in March, Cambridgeshire, † December 1650 in London) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque.

Biography

Until 1613 he studied at Oxford. In 1624 or 1625 he became organist and choirmaster at the London St Paul's Cathedral.

Editions of his works:

Teares or Lamentacions ( 1614)
Tristitiae remedium ( 1616)
Private Musicke (1620 ) contains secular music for one or two voices, violin and virginal.
Mottects or Grave Chamber Music (1630 ) contains 15 Latin motets.

The four pieces Alman, The Fall of the Leafe, Piper's Paven, The Primrose are included in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.

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