Michael Cavendish

Michael Cavendish (c. 1565 – 1628) was an English composer of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.A grandson of the writer George Cavendish and second cousin to Arabella Stuart, he spent much time at court and was for a time composer to the future King Charles I of England. In 1598, he published a set of songs with lute accompaniment, called Ayres in Tabletorie. He also collaborated with Thomas Morley.

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