Francis Pilkington

Francis Pilkington (born c. 1565  – died 1638 in Chester) was an English composer, lutenist and singer. Pilkington received a B.Mus. degree from Oxford in 1595. In 1602 he became a singing man at Chester Cathedral and spent the rest of his life serving the cathedral. He became a minor canon in 1612, took holy orders in 1614 and was named precentor of the cathedral in 1623. Although he was a churchman, Pilkington composed largely secular music—ayres, madrigals, and lute songs.

Sources

• Brief biographical sketch of Francis Pilkington in the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, 1994, Oxford University Press.

External links

• Free scores by Francis Pilkington in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Free scores by Francis Pilkington in the International Music Score Library Project
• Free scores by Francis Pilkington in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)