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Thomas Tomkins

1572 - 1656

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Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort music, and the last member of the English virginalist school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Tomkins is the 1,287th most popular composer (up from 1,295th in 2024), the 4,686th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,519th in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Thomas Tomkins ranks 1,287 out of 1,451. Before him are Władysław Żeleński, Jonathan Larson, Andrey Petrov, Nicholas Hooper, Hiroyuki Sawano, and Lowell Mason. After him are Shivkumar Sharma, Paul Williams, Necil Kazım Akses, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, Shirley Walker, and Pascal Dusapin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Thomas Tomkins ranks 16. Before him are Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Marie Elisabeth of France, Cyril Lucaris, Fakhr al-Din II, and Thomas Dekker. After him is Bartholomew Gosnold. Among people deceased in 1656, Thomas Tomkins ranks 19. Before him are Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Massimo Stanzione, Carlo Contarini, Roberto de Nobili, Georg Calixtus, and Francesco Cornaro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tomkins ranks 4,687 out of 8,785. Before him are Stanley Holloway (1890), John Prescott (1938), Joe Fry (1915), Amos Burn (1848), James Nesbitt (1965), and James Collinson (1825). After him are John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Yasmin Le Bon (1964), Rebecca Hall (1982), Barry Foster (1931), Ray Park (1974), and William Adam (1689).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tomkins ranks 76. Before him are George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Rachel Portman (1960), Gerald Finzi (1901), Peter Warlock (1894), Maurice Greene (1696), and Nicholas Hooper (1952). After him are Samuel Arnold (1740), Hamilton Harty (1879), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Gavin Bryars (1943), Humphrey Searle (1915), and David Arnold (1962).

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