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Daniel Bacheler, also variously spelt Bachiler, Batchiler or Batchelar, (baptized 16 March 1572 – buried 29 January 1619) was an English
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Daniel Bacheler, also variously spelt Bachiler, Batchiler or Batchelar, (baptized 16 March 1572 – buried 29 January 1619) was an English lute
A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.
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nist and composer. Of all the English lutenist-composers, he is now credited as probably being the most successful in his own lifetime.
Bacheler was born in the Buckinghamshire village of Aston Clinton
Aston Clinton is a historic village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The village lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, between the Wendover and Aylesbury arms of the Grand Union Canal. Surrounding towns in ...
, a son of Richard Bachelor and his wife Elizabeth (née Cardell). p.39 He served an apprenticeship with his uncle, Thomas Cardell, who was a lutenist and dancing-master in the court of Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
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He worked for Sir Francis Walsingham
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, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Knight of the Garter, KG, Privy Counsellor, PC (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was ...
, and finally as a groom of the privy chamber
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for Queen Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and En ...
, consort of James I James I may refer to:
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*James I of Aragon (1208–1276)
* James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327)
* James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu
* James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347)
*James I of Cyprus (1334� ...
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At the royal court he composed some fifty lute pieces. These included a number of pavans, galliard
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s, almaines and fantasies
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, including a set of variations on the popular tune "Monsieurs Almaine". Elizabeth Roche, reviewing a CD of his work for ''The Daily Telegraph
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'' commented on the current neglect of Bacheler's music, suggesting that one reason is the "difficulty of his ornamental style, including arpeggios, trills, and even the dazzling tremolos that conclude his variations on Monsieurs Almaine".
The Heralds Visitation records show that Bacheler received a grant of arms in 1606.
He was buried on 29 January 1618/1619 in St Margaret's churchyard, Lee, Kent.Batchelor p.43
Bibliography
*Bacheler, Daniel, ''Selected works for lute / Daniel Bacheler ; edited and transcribed by Martin Long'', London: Oxford University Press, 1972. *Long, Martin., ''The music of Daniel Bacheler: a critical study'', University of Sydney, 1969. *Batchelor, A: 'Daniel Bacheler: The Right Perfect Musician', ''The Lute'', 28 (1988), 3–12References
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