Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbonswas an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was a leading composer in England in the early 17th century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth25 December 1583
swans bird silver
The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.
wise farewell eye
The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang her first and last, and sang no more: 'Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes! More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.'
proportion music-is whole
It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.