Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion 1567-1620

1. Alma mater: Cambridge
2. First work appeared in 1591
3. Works:
   1. His first individual collection Poemata
      1. Contained Latin panegyrics, elegies and epigrams
      2. Published in 1595
   2. Thomas Campiani Poemata. Ad Thamesin. fragmentum Vmbre. Liber Elegiarum. liber Epigrammatum 1595 (in Latin)
   3. included incomplete epic Ad Thamesin celebrating the defeat of the spanish Armada
   4. Observations in the Art of English Poesie 1602 (a treatise on poetry)
   5. Books of Airs 1601
      1. first collection of his hundred lute songs.
      2. co-authored with Philip Rosseter
   6. A New Way of Making Fowre Parts in Counterpoint.
      1. his famous book on music theory ***
   7. Observations in the Art of English Poesie (1602)
   8. The Descriptions in a maske, presented before the King’s Majestie at White Hall, on Twelfth night Last, in Honour of the Lord Hayes (1607)
   9. Two Books on Ayres. The First Containing Divine and Morall Songs: The Second, Light Conceits  of Lovers 1613
   10. The Description of a Maske: Presentedin the Banquering Room at Whitehall, on Saint Stephens Night Last, At the Mariage of the Right Honourable the Earle of Somerset 1614
   11. The Third Book of Ayres 1617
4. Collection of Songs
   1. A Book of Ayres 1602
   2. Songs of Mourning 1613
      1. Beewailing the Untimely Death of Prince Henry 1613
   3. Two Books of Ayres 1612