Pelham Humfrey

Pelham Humfrey was a composer (1647–1674). He was born at London and died at Windsor.

Also recorded as Pelham Humphrey; Pelham Humphry.

Pelham Humfrey in brief

Born
1647
Died
1674
Known for
composer
Place of birth
London
Contents

Formation and teaching

He trained under Jean-Baptiste Lully.

As a teacher, Pelham Humfrey is recorded in connection with Henry Purcell. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Identity

What the record establishes about Pelham Humfrey.

Pelham Humfrey is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Open Library catalogues 8 works under this name. Pelham Humfrey is recorded as composer. Three songs is dated 1938.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Pelham Humfrey may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Pelham Humfrey is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q941345.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

Complete church music II. Musica Britannica.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Humfrey [Humphrey, Humphrys], Pelham, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Humfrey, Pelham (1647–1674), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. The Will of Pelham Humfrey, R.M.A Research Chronicle, 1969. Pelham Humfrey, 1647-74: A Tercentenary Survey, The Musical Times, 1974.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1647Pelham Humfrey born at London.
  2. 1647Pelham Humfrey was born in 1647 at London.
  3. 1674Pelham Humfrey died at Windsor.
  4. 1674Pelham Humfrey died in 1674 at Windsor.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Pelham Humfrey”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Humfrey [Humphrey, Humphrys], Pelham, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Humfrey, Pelham (1647–1674), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Pelham Humfrey (Internet Archive), 8 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Pelham Humfrey, 1647-74: A Tercentenary Survey, The Musical Times, 1974

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Pelham Humfrey, Musicology Australia, 1988

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    The Will of Pelham Humfrey, R.M.A Research Chronicle, 1969

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q941345: Pelham Humfrey

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Pelham Humfrey”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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