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Giles Farnaby (1563-1640)
Farnaby was a musician and joiner, who was born in Truro, Cornwall but for most of his life lived and worked in London. His father Thomas, was also a joiner, as was his cousin Nicholas Farnaby who was a noted virginal maker. The virginal is a keyboard instrument for which Giles mainly composed that had the strings that are mechanically plucked, rather than the piano whose strings are hammered. Despite his social background, hardly suited to a university education, Farnaby graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in July 1592, receiving his degree in music on the same day as fellow composer John Bull. He wrote songs and musical settings of the psalms, but is best remembered for his keyboard pieces. Fifty-two of these pieces were included in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, housed at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Notable among them are many fantasias, a demanding set of variations called Woody-Cock, and short descriptive pieces such as 'Giles Farnabys Dreame',

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