Edmund Turges

Aliases: Edmund Sturges

Life

Born: c. 1445

Died:

Biography

Little is known about this composer. He is believed to be older than Fayrfax, since a composer name Edmund Turges joined the Fraternity of St. Nicholar in London in 1469, according to the book Early Tudor Magnificats I (published by Stainer & Bell). He is wrote two settings of Gaude Flore Virginali in the Eton Choirbook, three Magnificats in the Eton Choirbook that have since been lost, an additional Magnificat in the Caius Choirbook, a Kyrie and Gloria attributed to Edmund "Sturges", and four secular pieces .

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List of choral works

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• Arthur Our Prince, a carol
• Enforce Yourself as God's Own Knight a 3vv, a carol from the Fayrfax Book
• From Stormy Winds and Grievous Weather a 3vv, a carol from the Fayrfax Book
• Gaude flore virginali a 4 from the Eton Choirbook
• Gaude flore virginali a 5 from the Eton Choirbook
• Gloria from Caius Choirbook
• Kyrie from Caius Choirbook
• Magnificat from Caius Choirbook

Lost works

• 3 Magnificats in the Eton Choirbook

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External Links

• View images of the Caius Choirbook at The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music

External links

• Turges reconsidered: All about Edmund: Musical Times, Winter 1999 by Hugh Benham