William Inglott

William Inglott or Inglot (1553/4buried 31 December 1621) was an English organist and composer of the Elizabethan era, who is mostly associated with the cathedral in the English city of Norwich.

Inglott moved from Norwich to Hereford Cathedral, returning in 1611 to replace the composer Thomas Morley as the cathedral organist. His memorial plaque at Norwich Cathedral was restored 90 years after his death. Amongst the few surviving works by Ingott are two keyboard pieces by Ingott in the collection of keyboard music known as the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book and a Short Service for four voices, reconstructed in 1989.

Biography

William Inglott's father Edmund (d. 1583) was the organist at Norwich Cathedral. William retained a strong connection to the cathedral during his career, first as a chorister under his father (15671568), as a lay clerk (from 1576), and as the cathedral's organist (15871591). He was paid in 1582 for teaching the boys in the choir during a period when his father was too ill to work.

Inglott moved to Hereford Cathedral as Master of the Choristers from 1597 until some time after 1610, but returned to Norwich as organist in 1611, replacing the composer Thomas Morley. Nothing is known of his career during this intervening period. The musicologist Ian Payne describes the variations by Inglott in the Fitzwilliam Virginal as being "well crafted, richly polyphonic, and technically demanding".

Recordings

+ Recordings of music by William Inglott Year Album Piece Label 1992 Morley, Parsley and Inglott Conserva Me, DomineLamentations Priory Records 2018 The Passinge Mesures The Leaves Bee Greene Hyperion