William Cobbold (composer) explained

William Cobbold (1560–1639) was an English composer. He was lay clerk and organist at the Chapel Royal. One of his most-well known works today is the consort song "New Fashions".^[1]

Selected works

• "For Death of Her" - an elegy composed upon the 1588 death of Mrs. Mary Gascoigne.^[2]
• "New Fashions" - recorded by Theatre of Voices & Fretwork, Paul Hillier^[3]
• "With wreaths of rose and laurel" - Cobbold's contribution to The Triumphs of Oriana collection of 25 madrigals from 23 different composers published in 1601 by Thomas Morley.
• "Ye mortal wights"

Notes and References

1. Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide - Page 135 0415937361John H. Baron - 2002 - Joel Kramme, "William Cobbold's 'New Fashions': Some Notes Concerning the Reconstruction of the Missing Alto Part', in John Jenkins and His Time: Studies in English Consort Music, ed. A. Ashbee and P. Holman (Oxford, 1996), 137-59....
2. Book: Grapes, K. Dawn. With mornefull musique: funeral elegies in early modern England. Boydell Press. 2018. 9781783273515. Woodbridge. 1031342567.
3. Web site: >Theatre Of Voices Recordings The Cries of London. Voices. Theatre Of. Theatre Of Voices. en. 2019-09-06.