Thomas Preston (died c. 1563) was an English

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and composer who held posts at

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, and

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. The anonymous ground for keyboard ''Uppon la mi re'' (MB, LXVI, 1995) in the collection Add.29996 (London British Library) is often attributed to him.

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Brief biography
at "Here of a Sunday Morning"
IMSLP
Free scores, Ground ''Upon la mi re''. Composers for pipe organ 16th-century English composers English male composers English organists British male organists 1560s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{UK-composer-stub

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