Clement Woodcock

Clement Woodcock (d. 1590)[1] was an English organist.

Career

After some years as a lay clerk of King's College, Cambridge between 1562-3, Woodcock was a singer at Canterbury Cathedral before being appointed Organist of Chichester Cathedral from 1570. He was appointed Master of the Choristers in November 1571 and led a recruitment drive for new choristers. By April 1574, Woodcock was in Holy Orders. In 1580, he resigned the Mastership of the Choristers in favour of Christopher Paine; however, he returned to the post in the last year of his life.[2]

Compositions

Woodcock composed a total of five instrumental pieces of music, four of which are dated 1578, in Chichester. They are pioneer compositions in the style later cultivated by William Byrd and other Tudor and Jacobean composers. He wrote three settings of In Nomine.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Clement Woodcock
  2. ↑ Organs and Organists of Chichester Cathedral
  3. ↑ Ford, Robert (1987). "Clement Woodcock's Appointment at Canterbury Cathedral". Chelys (The Viola da Gamba Society) 16: 36–43. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  4. ↑ ChoralWiki profile of Woodcock
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Christopher Paine		 Master of the Choristers
of Chichester Cathedral
1589-1590 		Succeeded by
John Cowper
Preceded by
William Payne		 Master of the Choristers
of Chichester Cathedral
1571-1580 		Succeeded by
Christopher Paine
Preceded by
Michael Woods		 Organist
of Chichester Cathedral
1570-1589 		Succeeded by
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