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John Farmer (c.
1570 – c.
1601) was an
English composer, mainly of
madrigals. He is probably one of the less well-known composers of the
English Madrigal School. He was under the patronage of Earl of
Oxford and he dedicated his collection of canons and his late madrigal volume to his patron. In
1595, Farmer was appointed
Organist and Master of Children at
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
and also
organist of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin at the same time. In
1599, he moved to London and published his only collection of four-part madrigals. One of these was "Fair Phyllis". His work "Diver and sundry Waies of Two Parts in One" displayed his mastery of two-part canon and
cantus firmus.
Farmer uses clever
word painting in his works. For example, in "Fair Phyllis", the opening line is "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone". Farmer had only a single male
soprano voice sing since she was "all alone". Then, to show the flock beside her, three other voices join in and it may represent the sheep. All voices used in his time were male.
He was born around 1570 but his exact date of birth isn't known. Flood's article conjectures a date around 1564 to 1565 based on matriculation records. He dedicated two of his works to Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, whose patronage he enjoyed. He died in 1601. His work “Fair nymphs I heard one telling” confirmed his position as one of England’s best renaissance composers.
Giles Farnaby dedicated a pavan to him, included in the
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book as
Farmer's Paven (no. CCLXXXVII).
Selected works
Recordings
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