Henry Vaughan, born on 17 April 1621 and buried on 23 April 1695, was one of the most distinctive English-language poets of the seventeenth century: a Welsh country gentleman, Royalist, medical practitioner, translator, religious writer, and visionary poet whose work transformed private devotion into startling images of light, landscape, childhood, death, and eternity. He is usually grouped with the metaphysical poet…
“Holy writing must strive (by all means) for perfection and true holiness, that a door may be opened to him in heaven.”
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Devotional Poets, Metaphysical Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Welsh Poets
Emotional landscape: Despair, Spirituality, Longing
In the twilight years of the English Renaissance, as the golden age of the madrigal began to fade and the court of King James I embraced new continental fashions, a composer emerged whose delicate art would capture the essence of a transforming musical landscape. John Attey, though his name may not resonate with the same authority as his contemporaries John Dowland or Thomas Campion, created a body of work that stand…
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Lute-Song Composers, Renaissance Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Spirituality, Joy
