español | français William Lawes Antonia Bembo: Baroque Women V Antonio Florio 10 CDs for a desert island : Paul Hillier Dowland´s Lachrimae Van Dyck   53 - 52 - 51 - 50 - 49 - 48 - 47 - 46 - 45 - 44 - 43 - 42 - 41 - 40 - 39 - 38 - 37 - 36 - 35 - 34 - 33 - 32 - 31 - 30 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 26 - 25 - 24 - 23 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 09 - 08 - 07 - 06 - 05 - 04 - 03 - 02 - 01 - WILLIAM LAWES By Brian Robins Wednesday, September 24, 1645. The scene is Chester, in the north-west of England. Since 1642 the country has been involved in bloody civil war between those loyal to the king, Charles I, and the forces of Parliament. The Royalist city of Chester has been under a state of siege or semi-siege since the early part of the war, but two days earlier had rejoiced to learn that relief was at hand in the shape of a force led by the king himself. But Parliamentarians, in hot pursuit of the king, had also converged on Chester. During the course of the day skirmishes take place in the outskirts of the city and it is during one of these, so we are told, that a casual shot from a Parliamentarian found its mark, killing one of a group of headstrong Royalists who had rashly underestimated the strength of the opposition. But although the man who fell fatally wounded was a loyal servant of Charles I and indeed a member of his court, he was no professional soldier. His name was William Lawes and by his untimely death on that autumn day England lost her greatest living composer. Biography Work catalogue Discography Goldberg Articles Order your copy of issue nº 6 now! ABOUT US | CONTRIBUTE   web map - home page - cover Legal warning Copyright 2003, Goldberg. info@goldberg-magazine.com