About Thomas Appleby
Lived 1488 – 1563 (aged 74–75). Thomas Appleby was a British composer and organist.
Thomas Appleby (c. 1488 – 1563) was Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1539 until 1541, where he was succeeded by John Sheppard. Appleby was also the organist and instructor of the choristers at Lincoln Cathedral from 1538 to 1539 and from 1541 to 1562.
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Who was Thomas Appleby?
English Renaissance composer and church musician
When was Thomas Appleby born?
Thomas Appleby was born in 1488.
When did Thomas Appleby die?
Thomas Appleby died in 1563.
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Thomas Appleby was a composer and organist.
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Thomas Appleby was British.
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