Richard Allison

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See also Richard Allison (military physician).

Richard Allison (fl. 1580-1610) - English composer of de la Tromba, a fine broken consort piece which has several professional recordings and first became well known due to the Julian Bream Consort.

He was known to be in the service of the Countess of Warwick in 1599, and then working for Sir John Scudamore. His publications are: The Psalms of David in Meter (1599), An Hour's Recreation in musicke, apt for instruments and voyces, (1606). His work also appears in Michael East's and Thomas Ravenscroft's psalters, and Thomas Morley's broken consort publication.