William Inglott, also written Inglot (1553/4 - buried 31 December 1621) was an English organist and composer of the Elizabethan era, mostly associated with Norwich Cathedral. His father Edmund Inglott was the organist at Norwich Cathedral, and William retained a strong connection to the cathedral for the rest of his career - first as a chorister (1567–8), later as Lay Clerk from 1576 and Organist from 1587 to 1591.
He moved to Hereford Cathedral as Master of the Choristers from 1597 until some time after 1610, but returned to Norwich as organist in 1611, replacing the composer Thomas Morley.
William Inglott held the position until his death in December 1621, by which time he was 67. His painted memorial on a pillar in Norwich Cathedral records he was buried on 31 December of that year. Few works by Inglott survive. Two keyboard pieces 'The Leaves Bee Greene' and 'A Galliard Ground' are preserved in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, an important collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music with works by his contemporaries such as Thomas Morley, William Byrd and Martin Peerson. An untitled keyboard piece by 'Englitt' in Will Forster's Virginal Book (c.1624) at the British Library may also be his work.
Inglott's Short Service for four voices was reconstructed by Michael Walsh from transcriptions by Richard Turbet in 1989. Text source : Wikipedia (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
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