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William Lawes

1602 - 1645

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William Lawes (April 1602 – 24 September 1645) was an English composer and musician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Lawes is the 1,092nd most popular composer (up from 1,120th in 2019), the 3,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,338th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Lawes ranks 1,092 out of 1,451. Before him are Paul Taffanel, Philippe Verdelot, Henri Pousseur, Valeri Brainin, Simeon ten Holt, and Percy Faith. After him are Patrick Doyle, Toivo Kuula, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Felice Anerio, Jānis Ivanovs, and Karl Klindworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1602, William Lawes ranks 18. Before him are Zhu Yujian, Gilles de Roberval, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau, Kanō Tan'yū, and Evert van Aelst.  Among people deceased in 1645, William Lawes ranks 17. Before him are Mary Ward, Anthony van Diemen, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Eudoxia Streshneva, Sultan Agung of Mataram, and Mariana de Jesús de Paredes. After him is Emilia Lanier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lawes ranks 3,430 out of 8,785. Before him are Laurie Cunningham (1956), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Charles Warren (1840), Æthelthryth (636), Walter Savage Landor (1775), and Flora Robson (1902). After him are John Lyly (1554), Margaret Price (1941), James Jones (1873), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Patrick Doyle (1953), and Drew McIntyre (1985).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Lawes ranks 51. Before him are Matthew Locke (1621), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), Richard Addinsell (1904), James MacMillan (1959), and Dave Stewart (1950). After him are Patrick Doyle (1953), Cyril Scott (1879), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Havergal Brian (1876), Arthur Bliss (1891), and John Wilbye (1574).

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