About Thomas Greaves
Lived 1550 – 1650 (aged 99–100). Thomas Greaves was a British composer and lutenist.
Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604) was an English composer and lutenist.
He was lutenist to Sir Henry Pierrepont. He published in London in 1604 Songes of sundrie kinds. It contained four madrigals; three of them, 'Come away, sweet love,' 'Lady, the melting crystal of thine eyes,' and 'Sweet nymphs,' were republished in the nineteenth century (1843 and 1857), with pianoforte accompaniment by G. W. Budd.
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Who was Thomas Greaves?
English composer and lutenist
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Thomas Greaves was born in 1550.
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Thomas Greaves died in 1650.
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Thomas Greaves was a composer and lutenist.
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Thomas Greaves was British.
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