John Farrant ("The Elder")

(fl. 1560-1595)


English musician and organist. Organist of Ely Cathedral 1567-72. Clerk of Salisbury Cathedral from some time inthe 1570s into the next decade. Master of the Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral from some time in the 1570s -1586(?). Organist of Salisbury Cathedral 1587-92. Organist of Hereford Cathedral 1592(?)-93. A service, apparemtly his, rich in chromatic alteration, comtains examples of degree-inflection and false relation.





IVM: England Through 1635