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Probably a contemporary of Fayrfax, Henry Prentice joined the Fraternity of St Nicholas, a guild of parish clerks and church musicians based on Westminster and London, in 1502; he became a gentleman of the royal household chapel shortly before the coronation of Henry VIII in June 1509 and died in October 1513. This Magnificat, his only known composition, is closely modelled on the setting by William Cornysh (RCM96) in its sequence of scorings, and also explores further some of Cornysh’s musical material. Prentice was no plagiarist, however: he has a distinct musical personality, exploits the material in his own way, and creates well-sustained paragraphs of sinewy counterpoint. For five voices: SATBarB. iv + 20 pages. 2026. ISMN 979-0-57039-224-7.
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