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| hygons, richard | |
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LIFE Hygons seems to have spent his entire career at , and Matins was also given in detail. In 1487 he received a substantial raise in annual salary, and became the principal organist of the cathedral. By 1507 his health was in decline, and he appointed a deputy ( Richard Bramston ) to help him carry out some of his duties. He was still alive in May 1508, when he hired another assistant, and he died at Wells, probably in 1509. MUSIC AND INFLUENCE Only two compositions of Hygons are known to survive: a two-voice setting of the ''Gaude virgo mater Christi'', which appears on a single surviving leaf of a choirbook from Wells Cathedral (the enormous majority of music from the 15th and early 16th centuries was destroyed in the Dissolution Of The Monasteries by Henry VIII), and the famous ''Salve Regina'' from the Eton Choirbook . The ''Salve Regina'' is unique among English music of the period in that its , Johannes Ockeghem , and an anonymous composer once thought to be Guillaume Dufay . Recent research has suggested that this third mass was actually by an unknown Englishman working in the early 15th century, and is the original for the later three works. The ''Salve Regina'', being based on a votive antiphon for Maundy Thursday , was probably intended for use on that day. The difficulty, complexity, and craftsmanship shown in Hygon's ''Salve Regina'' has suggested that the musical standards at Wells Cathedral at the end of the 15th century were high, and matched those of musical centers across the Channel . REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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