About Michael Cavendish
Lived 1565 – 1628 (aged 62–63). Michael Cavendish was a British composer.
Michael Cavendish (c. 1565 – 1628) was an English composer of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
A grandson of the writer George Cavendish and second cousin to Arabella Stuart, he spent much time at court and was for a time composer to the future King Charles I of England. In 1598, he published a set of songs with lute accompaniment, called Ayres in Tabletorie. He also collaborated with Thomas Morley.
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Who was Michael Cavendish?
British composer
When was Michael Cavendish born?
Michael Cavendish was born in 1565.
When did Michael Cavendish die?
Michael Cavendish died in 1628 in London.
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Michael Cavendish was a composer.
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Michael Cavendish was British.
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