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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF ACADEMICAL DEGREES IN GENERAL
- CHAPTER II THE EARLIEST RECORDS OF DEGREES IN MUSIC
- CHAPTER III EARLY MUSICAL STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITIES.—BOETHIUS
- CHAPTER IV THE MUSIC ACT, MUSIC SPEECH OR LECTURE, AND MUSIC SCHOOL
- CHAPTER V THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROFESSORS OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITIES
- CHAPTER VI DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN REQUIREMENTS FOR MUSICAL DEGREES
- CHAPTER VII THE CULTIVATION OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITIES
- CHAPTER VIII ACADEMICAL DRESS.—DEGREE CEREMONIES, FEASTS.—AN EARLY EXAMINATION FOR THE B.A. DEGREE
- CHAPTER IX OXFORD GRADUATES IN MUSIC, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
- CHAPTER X CAMBRIDGE GRADUATES IN MUSIC, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
- APPENDIX: CONTAINING ACCOUNTS OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE MENTIONED IN HISTORY AS GRADUATES, BUT WHOSE NAMES DO NOT APPEAR IN THE UNIVERSITY RECORDS
- INDEX
CHAPTER X - CAMBRIDGE GRADUATES IN MUSIC, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF ACADEMICAL DEGREES IN GENERAL
- CHAPTER II THE EARLIEST RECORDS OF DEGREES IN MUSIC
- CHAPTER III EARLY MUSICAL STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITIES.—BOETHIUS
- CHAPTER IV THE MUSIC ACT, MUSIC SPEECH OR LECTURE, AND MUSIC SCHOOL
- CHAPTER V THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROFESSORS OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITIES
- CHAPTER VI DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN REQUIREMENTS FOR MUSICAL DEGREES
- CHAPTER VII THE CULTIVATION OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITIES
- CHAPTER VIII ACADEMICAL DRESS.—DEGREE CEREMONIES, FEASTS.—AN EARLY EXAMINATION FOR THE B.A. DEGREE
- CHAPTER IX OXFORD GRADUATES IN MUSIC, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
- CHAPTER X CAMBRIDGE GRADUATES IN MUSIC, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
- APPENDIX: CONTAINING ACCOUNTS OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE MENTIONED IN HISTORY AS GRADUATES, BUT WHOSE NAMES DO NOT APPEAR IN THE UNIVERSITY RECORDS
- INDEX
Summary
1463.
Mus. Bac.—Henry Habyngton, Abyngton, or Abyngdon, was admitted February 20, and was allowed to proceed to the degree of Doctor in Music on condition of his remaining one year in Cambridge after receiving the Baccalauriat. Why this condition was imposed is not clear, unless it was that the University wished to retain for a period the services of so eminent a musician. Whether he fulfilled the condition is not stated. He was a friend of Sir Thomas More, who wrote two Latin epitaphs on him (in Cayley's “Life of More,” I., 317). He is called in these “Nobilis,” as was a contemporary, John Atkins, Fellow of Merton, who is styled in the album of that house “Nobilis Musicus.” He was appointed Succentor of Wells Cathedral in 1447, Master of the Song of the Chapel Royal in 1465, at a salary of forty marks, and Master of St. Catherine's Hospital, Bristol, in 1478. The following extract from one of More's epitaphs shows that he was of great reputation as a singer and organist:
Millibus in mille cantor fuit optimus ille,
Prœter et hœc istafuit optimus orgaquenista:
He died in 1497, and was succeeded in his post at Wells (which he held together with his other appointments) by Robert Wydow.
Mus. Doc.—Thomas Saintwix, Saintvist, or Saint Just, who had previously received the degree of Doctor in Music, was this year made Master of King's Hall by Edward IV., whose Chaplain he was. He died in 1467.
1470.
Mus, Bac.—Lessy, a member of the Duke of York's Chapel.
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- A Short Historical Account of the Degrees in Music at Oxford and CambridgeWith a Chronological List of Graduates in that Faculty from the Year 1463, pp. 119 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1893