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Thomas Damett

1389 – 1436

English composer

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Lived 1389 – 1436 (aged 46–47). Thomas Damett was a British composer.

(Thomas?) Damett (?1389–1390 — between 15 July 1436 and 14 April 1437) was an English composer during the stylistic transitional from medieval to Renaissance music.

Identity and career The illegitimate son of a gentleman, he was a commoner at Winchester College until 1406–7 and became rector of Stockton, Wiltshire, in 1413. His name appears occasionally in the Royal Household Chapel accounts between 1413 and 1430–31. He was also prebendary of Rugmere in St Paul's Cathedral 1418–1436, was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1431 and held the canonry until 1436.

Music Nine works by him survive in the Old Hall Manuscript and may be autographs: six mass movements (including a Gloria-Credo pair based on a Square) and three motets (one isorhythmic).

Works + List of compositions by Damett Title of voices Genre Manuscript source Credo 3 Mass movement OH No. 39 Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 93 Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 10 Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 13 Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 37 Credo 3 Mass movement OH No. 72 Beata Dei genitrix 3 Psalm antiphon OH No. 53 Salve porta paradisi 3 Sequence OH No. 54 Salvatoris mater pia/O Georgi/Benedictus qui ve- 3 Sequence OH No. 111No other works by Damett survive

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Born
1389
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Died
1436
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Who was Thomas Damett?

English composer

When was Thomas Damett born?

Thomas Damett was born in 1389.

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Thomas Damett died in 1436.

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Thomas Damett was a composer.

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Thomas Damett was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Damett

· Wikidata: Q7788831

· DBpedia: Damett

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