April 23 - Robert Fayrfax (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 23rd may be found here: Ruggero Leoncavallo (2019) and Sergei Prokofiev (2020)

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Robert Fayrfax (bapt. 23 April 1464 – 24 October 1521) was an English Renaissance composer, considered the most prominent and influential of the reigns of Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII of England.

Services Rendered

Kings Henry the Seventh and Eighth

Were monarchs renowned for their faith.

They asked their advisors for bare facts

Concerning the music of Fayrfax.

The advisors said nothing surpasses

The solemn display of his Masses,

And thus, I am pleased to report,

He was duly employed by the court.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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