Edmund Turges
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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
- 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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Publications
External Links
- View images of the Caius Choirbook at The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music