Damett

(Thomas?) Damett (?1389–1390 — between 15 July 1436 and 14 April 1437) was an English composer during the stylistic transitional from medieval to Renaissance music.

Identity and career

The illegitimate son of a gentleman, he was a commoner at Winchester College until 1406–7 and became rector of Stockton, Wiltshire, in 1413. His name appears occasionally in the Royal Household Chapel accounts between 1413 and 1430–31.[1] He was also prebendary of Rugmere in St Paul's Cathedral 1418–1436, was appointed to the fifth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1431 and held the canonry until 1436.[1][2]

Music

Nine works by him survive in the Old Hall Manuscript and may be autographs: six mass movements (including a Gloria-Credo pair based on a Square) and three motets (one isorhythmic).[1]

Works
List of compositions by Damett[1]
Title No. of voices Genre Manuscript source
Credo 3 Mass movement OH No. 39
Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 93
Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 10
Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 13
Gloria 3 Mass movement OH No. 37
Credo 3 Mass movement OH No. 72
Beata Dei genitrix 3 Psalm antiphon OH No. 53
Salve porta paradisi 3 Sequence OH No. 54
Salvatoris mater pia/O Georgi/Benedictus qui ve- 3 Sequence OH No. 111
No other works by Damett survive

Editions
  • Hughes, Andrew; Bent, Margaret, eds. (1969–1973). The Old Hall Manuscript. Corpus mensurabilis musicae 53. Cambridge: American Institute of Musicology. OCLC 80858118.
  • Ramsbotham, Alexander, ed. (1933–1938). The Old Hall Manuscript. Vol. 3 volumes. Completed by H.B. Collins and Dom Anselm Hughes. Buckinghamshire: Plainsong and Medieval Music Society.

References

Citations
  1. Bent 2001.
  2. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Sources
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