Richard Edwardes

Richard Edwards ( 1524 * () in Yeovil, Somersetshire; ? † October 31, 1566 in London) was an English composer and playwright.

He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford, and in 1561 took over the management of the children's choir of the Chapel Royal.

In addition to several works of sacred vocal music as madrigals, motets and masses, the focus of his musical creativity was on the composition of so-called school music dramas, a preform of English opera. In these works, mostly antique materials were prepared by musical means for use in the school. Some of these works of Edwards, including Palamon and Arcite are partly preserved. Get his tragicomedy Damon and Pithias is (1564 written, printed 1571 ), the first English-language tragicomedy. There is a processing of the substance of the story of Damon and Phintias.

In Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Edwards Song When griping grief the heart doth wound takes over.