John Fawkyner

(fl. ca 1480)


English composer. Fawkyner was rector at Horncastle in the 1490s, and a contributor to the Eton Choirbook. His two pieces in it, Gaude virgo salutataand Gaude rosa sine spina,two very long antiphons, are in a most elaborate and highly-decorated style.





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