William Corbrand
Life
Floreat: c. 1470
Biography
English composer. He was a member of the Confraternity of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury, and master of the Lady Chapel choir there from 1471 to 1475. His only surviving compositions are two settings (both for two voices) of In manus tuas: Redemisti which were probably written for the Almonry Chapel at the Priory. Since he is not known to have been an ordained priest, he cannot safely be identified with the William Corbrand who was chaplain of the free chapel of Bokingfold, Kent, 1481–93; nor is it likely, unless he enjoyed an exceptionally long career, that he was the singer active in London in 1502–15. He may, however, be the composer cited by Morley at the end of his Plaine and Easie Introduction (1597).
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List of choral works
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