(Thomas?) Damett (?1389–1390 — between 15 July 1436 and 14 April 1437) was an English composer during the stylistic transitional from medieval to Renaissance music.
Identity and career
editThe illegitimate son of a gentleman, he was a commoner at Winchester College until 1406–7 and became rector of Stockton, Wiltshire, in 1413. His name appears occasionally in the Royal Household Chapel accounts between 1413 and 1430–31.[1] He was also prebendary of Rugmere in St Paul's Cathedral 1418–1436, was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1431 and held the canonry until 1436.[1][2]
Music
editNine works by him survive in the Old Hall Manuscript and may be autographs: six mass movements (including a Gloria-Credo pair based on a Square) and three motets (one isorhythmic).[1]
Works
edit| Title | No. of voices | Genre | Manuscript source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Credo | 3 | Mass movement | OH No. 39 |
| Gloria | 3 | Mass movement | OH No. 93 |
| Gloria | 3 | Mass movement | OH No. 10 |
| Gloria | 3 | Mass movement | OH No. 13 |
| Gloria | 3 | Mass movement | OH No. 37 |
| Credo | 3 | Mass movement | OH No. 72 |
| Beata Dei genitrix | 3 | Psalm antiphon | OH No. 53 |
| Salve porta paradisi | 3 | Sequence | OH No. 54 |
| Salvatoris mater pia/O Georgi/Benedictus qui ve- | 3 | Sequence | OH No. 111 |
| No other works by Damett survive | |||
Editions
edit- Hughes, Andrew; Bent, Margaret, eds. (1969–1973). The Old Hall Manuscript. Corpus mensurabilis musicae 53. Cambridge: American Institute of Musicology. OCLC 80858118.
- Ramsbotham, Alexander, ed. (1933–1938). The Old Hall Manuscript. Vol. 3 volumes. Completed by H.B. Collins and Dom Anselm Hughes. Buckinghamshire: Plainsong and Medieval Music Society.
References
editCitations
editSources
edit- Bent, Margaret (2001). "Damett". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.07123. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- Strohm, Reinhard (2005). The Rise of European Music, 1380-1500. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61934-9.
External links
edit- List of compositions by Damett at the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
- Works by Damett in the Medieval Music Database from La Trobe University
