About Walter Lambe
Lived 1401 – 1501 (aged 99–100). Walter Lambe was an English composer.
Walter Lambe (1450–1? – after Michaelmas 1504) was an English composer.
His works are well represented in the Eton Choirbook. Also the Lambeth Choirbook and the Caius Choirbook include his works.
Born in Salisbury, Lambe was elected King's Scholar at Eton College in August 1467 aged 15. By 1477 he was a clerk at Holy Trinity College, Arundel, and in 1479 he moved to St George's Chapel, Windsor, as a clerk of the choir there.
List of works in Eton Choirbook Ascendit Christus Gaude flore virginali (lost) Magnificat Nesciens mater virgo virum O Maria plena gratiae O Regina caelestis gloriae (lost) Salve regina Stella caeli Virgo gaude gloriosa (lost)
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English composer
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Walter Lambe was born in 1401.
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Walter Lambe died in 1501.
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Walter Lambe was a composer.
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Walter Lambe was English.
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