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Henry Lawes

1595 - 1662

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Henry Lawes (1596 – 1662) was the leading English songwriter of the mid-17th century. He was elder brother of fellow composer William Lawes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Lawes is the 1,342nd most popular composer (down from 1,327th in 2019), the 5,212th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,837th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henry Lawes ranks 1,342 out of 1,451. Before him are David Del Tredici, Mark Mancina, Emīls Dārziņš, Harald Kloser, Joel Goldsmith, and Tibor Serly. After him are Vicente Amigo, Qigang Chen, Norman Dello Joio, Edmund Rubbra, Earl Scruggs, and Jocelyn Pook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1595, Henry Lawes ranks 20. Before him are Guru Hargobind, Albert Girard, Jean Desmarets, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, Heo Mok, and Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.  Among people deceased in 1662, Henry Lawes ranks 15. Before him are Johann Crüger, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Adriaen van de Venne, François le Métel de Boisrobert, and Massasoit.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Lawes ranks 5,214 out of 8,785. Before him are Neil Innes (1944), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), David Bedford (1937), Alex Stepney (1942), Steve Bruce (1960), and Allan Williams (1930). After him are Archie Cochrane (1909), Laura Haddock (1985), Hugh Huxley (1924), Pat Rice (1949), Graham Poll (1963), and Nancy Mackay (1922).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Henry Lawes ranks 83. Before him are Samuel Arnold (1740), Hamilton Harty (1879), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Gavin Bryars (1943), Humphrey Searle (1915), and David Arnold (1962). After him are Edmund Rubbra (1901), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Anne Dudley (1956), Monty Norman (1928), George Fenton (1950), and John Stainer (1840).

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